Definitions from Wiktionary (Governor)
▸ noun: (politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
▸ noun: A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (informal) Father.
▸ noun: (informal) Boss; employer; gaffer.
▸ noun: (UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
▸ noun: (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
▸ noun: (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
▸ noun: (nautical) A pilot; a steersman.
▸ noun: The title for someone who holds the post of governor.
▸ Also see governor
military governors,
lieutenant governors,
Governors Island,
governors plum,
board of governors,
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▸ noun: (politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
▸ noun: A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (informal) Father.
▸ noun: (informal) Boss; employer; gaffer.
▸ noun: (UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
▸ noun: (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
▸ noun: (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
▸ noun: (nautical) A pilot; a steersman.
▸ noun: The title for someone who holds the post of governor.
▸ Also see governor
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