governor

Meaning

1. The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
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.
4. (informal) Father.
5. (informal) Boss; employer; gaffer.
6. (informal) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
7. A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
8. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
9. A pilot; a steersman.

Concepts

governor

ruler

regulator

leader

chief

administrator

director

boss

king

sovereign

lord

president

viceroy

government

city ruler

controller

manager

adjuster

Governor

chairman

ruler of the city

master

mayor

vicegerent

commander

prefect

head

governor-general

administration

ruler of the country

the lord of a town

officer

alderman

councilor

representative

chief executive

Gov

guide

superior

arbitrator

councillor

judge

Inca

buffer

modulator

surrogate

compensator

control apparatus

trimmer

accommodator

actuator

adjusting instrument

conditioner

replenisher

foreman

magistrate

tutor

contractor

gaffer

subcontractor

taker

proconsul

vicereine

equalizer

surveyor’s level

person in authority

whiteman

politician

potentate

employer

host

letter of recommendation

user

absolute ruler

biggie

panjandrum

prince

regent

advocate

attendant

defender

fautor

full-back

fullback

groundsman

guard

guardian

keeper

manciple

paladin

protector

retread

sentinel

shielder

supporter

trustee

watch

watch over

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”), of disputed origin. By surface analysis, govern + -or. Doublet of gubernator. Doublet of cybernetics and Kubernetes.