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Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.

Regent :: Regent (a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.

Ci-devant :: Ci-devant (a.) Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor..

Khan :: Khan (n.) A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them..

Eparchy :: Eparchy (n.) A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese..

Petition :: Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor..

Bey :: Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..

Waywode :: Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers..

Khedive :: Khedive (n.) A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

Proconsul :: Proconsul (n.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul..

Rector :: Rector (n.) A ruler or governor.

Sherif :: Sherif (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.

Stadtholderate :: Stadtholder (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province..

Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A kind of governor.

Rectoral :: Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.

Council :: Council (n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council..

Eparch :: Eparch (n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy..

Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.

Harmost :: Harmost (n.) A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.

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