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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..

Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

Subashdary :: Subashdar (n.) A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army..

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..

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

Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..

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

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..

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..

Shogun :: Shogun (n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.

Toparch :: Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.

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..

Ethnarch :: Ethnarch (n.) The governor of a province or people.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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