Definition of governor

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Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.

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Adelantado :: Adelantado (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.
Reve :: Reve (n.) An officer, steward, or governor..
Executive :: Executive (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body..
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president..
Ci-devant :: Ci-devant (a.) Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor..
Dey :: Dey (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
Elect :: Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor..
Governorship :: Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.
Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A kind of governor.
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Legate :: Legate (n.) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province..
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Tetrarch :: Tetrarch (a.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign..
Governor :: Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable..
Rector :: Rector (n.) A ruler or governor.
Subashdary :: Subashdar (n.) A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army..
Province :: Province (n.) Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada..
Satrap :: Satrap (n.) The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot..
Rectoral :: Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
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