governor
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noun- 1.
(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota.
- 2.
A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
- 3.
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.
The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
- 4.
(informal)Father.
- 5.
(informal)Boss; employer; gaffer.
- 6.
(UK, dated, informal)Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
- 7.
(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
- 8.
(dated)One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
- 9.
(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.
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From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (steersman, pilot, guide), from κυβερνάω (to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot), of disputed origin. govern. gubernator.