governor

IPA: gˈʌvɝnɝ

(politics) 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.
(informal) Father.
(informal) Boss; employer; gaffer.
(UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
(dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.
The title for someone who holds the post of governor.

Examples of "governor" in Sentences

"Your governor is a welcher and a deadbeat," Giuliani said.
The Minnesota governor is the keynote speaker Saturday night at a major dinner hosted by the Republican Party of Florida.
And the governor is announcing that "The days of continuous taxation and the days of continuous spending have come to an end".
Maybe the Massachusetts legislature could just pass a bill that says if the governor is a Democrat, the governor appoints the new Senator.
Governor David Paterson, happens to be a Democrat and both Black and Blind, the state's first African-American governor - and the first blind governor in America.
Professor WILLIAM HALL (Political Science, Bradley University): In almost every state, the governor is an important part of the reapportionment process, which will be upcoming in 2011.
He added that the governor is also committed to keeping the power grid on the west side of the mountains flowing — the Centralia plant produces steam power — and making sure jobs are secure.
Brown is known to be unorthodox - he earned the moniker "governor moonbeam" during his first stint as governor from 1975 to 1983 - and he urged legislators to "rise above ideology and partisan interest" after taking the oath of office in January.