Governor

Quick meaning: Governor is a noun meaning (politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.

Meaning

(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.

More Meanings

1. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
2. (informal) Father.
3. (informal) Boss; employer; gaffer.
4. (UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
5. (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
6. A member of a decision-making body (such as a committee) for a larger organization or entity (including some public agencies), similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
7. (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

Example Sentences

A governor on the injection pump limits the speed when running idle.

But gender is a factor both candidates will navigate in a country that has elected just 51 female state governors in its history.

The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota.

Word Forms

• governors
• governer
• governour

Synonyms for governor

Depending on context, synonyms include viceroy, proconsul, bailiff, seneschal, intendant, daotai.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include regulator, gubernatorial, governor-general, president, mayor, gov.

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