governor

Meaning

Noun

• The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.
• A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
• A member of a decision-making for an 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.
• Father.
• Boss, employer, similar to gaffer.
• A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
• One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
• A pilot; a steersman.

Related

Similar words

• viceroy ; proconsul ; bailiff, seneschal, intendant ; tao tai , circuit intendant, intendant, daotai ; provost ; gubernator

Origin

• From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης ("steersman, pilot, guide"), from κυβερνάω, of disputed origin. gubernator.