Governor

Noun

 * 1) The leader of a region or state that is a member of a federation or an empire. In Rome, they were endorsed by the emperor and appointed by the Senate.  In the modern United States, they are elected by the people of that state.
 * 2) A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
 * 3) 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
 * 4)  father
 * 5)  boss, employer
 * 6) (colloquial) The Boss; a term of address to a strange man; superior; an employer.

Derived terms

 * centrifugal governor

Related terms

 * govern
 * government
 * governor-general, governor general, Governor-General, Governor General

Adjectives for Governor
sturdy; testy; saucy; assiduous; unerring.

Verbs for Governor
appoint—; criticize—; draft for—; honor—; impeach—; nettle—; nominate for—; over¬ride—; remove—; welcome—; —abuses; — administers; —admonishes; —allows; —authorizes; —s confer; —consents; —controls; — convene; —executes; —heads; —oppres¬ses; —pilots; —represents; —reprieves; — resides at; —rules; —steers; —vetoes; — visits.

Thesaurus
abba, administrator, aegis, agent, air warden, arm guard, attendant, backstop, beg, beglerbeg, bey, buffer, bull, bulwark, bumper, burgrave, captain, caretaker, castellan, chatelain, chatelaine, collector, commandant, commander, conductor, conservator, contraceptive, control, controller, copyright, crash helmet, curator, cushion, custodian, dad, daddy, dashboard, deputy, dey, directeur, director, dodger, eparch, exarch, executive, face mask, father, fender, finger guard, foot guard, forest ranger, foster father, fuse, game warden, gamekeeper, gaoler, gauleiter, genitor, goggles, governor-general, guard, guardian, guardian angel, guardrail, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, helmet, impresario, insulation, intendant, interlock, jailer, janitor, keeper, khedive, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, lieutenant governor, life preserver, lifeguard, lifeline, lifesaver, lightning conductor, lightning rod, manager, mask, master, mudguard, nabob, nawab, next friend, nose guard, old man, pa, pad, padding, palatine, palladium, pap, papa, pappy, patent, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pilot, pop, pops, preventive, principal keeper, prison guard, prochein ami, proconsul, producer, prophylactic, protective clothing, protective umbrella, provincial, ranger, rector, regulator, responsible person, ruler, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, satrap, screen, screw, seat belt, servo control, servo regulator, shepherd, shield, shin guard, sire, stadtholder, stepfather, steward, subahdar, sun helmet, supercargo, tetrarch, the old man, turnkey, umbrella, vali, vice-king, viceroy, wali, warden, warder, windscreen, windshield

Etymology
From gubernator:, from  κυβερνήτης:, from κυβερνάω:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: goewerneur
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: ríkisstjóri


 * Japanese: 知事 (ちじ, chiji)
 * Navajo:
 * Romanian: guvernator, guvernant
 * Russian:
 * Sotho: mmusi
 * Spanish:, gobernadora
 * Swedish: guvernör
 * Tagalog: gobernador
 * Taos: tòbúna (of pueblo)


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: regelaar
 * Finnish: säädin, säätölaite
 * German:


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: regulator, centrifugalregulator


 * : 州長, 州长 (zhōuzhǎng)
 * : gouverneur
 * : governatore
 * : 주지사 (jujisa)
 * : gubernator, gubernatoris (genitive)
 * : regulador
 * : gobernador