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governor Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a person in charge of a particular political unit:
- the governor of Texas
- a prison/school governor
1 a person in charge of an organization or of a particular political unit, esp. a US state:
- Governors from most of the 50 states will meet in Omaha this weekend.
- The board of governors of the hospital meets every month.
2 the title of the official leader of some organizations, or member of a group that is in charge of some organizations:
- There will be changes to the way the BBC trains its new governors.
- governor of sth His latest role was as governor of the Open Market Committee.
- Dolan is also on the board of governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
3 an elected official in charge of a particular region or state:
- The governor will sign the finance bill into law tomorrow.
- governor of sth Mr Fox was previously the governor of the state of Guanajuato.
4 the title of an elected official in charge of a particular region or state:
- Governor Patrick is seeking re-election in November.
- Gov Jim Doyle of Wisconsin
- an interview with Govs Granholm and McDonell

The governor exhorted the prisoners not to riot.
The governor was looking for a fall guy to take the blame for the corruption scandal.
The governor has denied making improper use of state money.
The new state governor has promised to purge the police force of corruption.
The headmistress agreed to recommend the teachers' proposals to the school governors.
Archives hold numerous complaints from provincial governors about the insufficiency of security forces under their authority and requests for additional mounted recruits.
Because of their previous histories with royal governors, however, the new designs would represent real departures from their past practices.
One type of such governors was a progressive governor.