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Definitions of governor in various dictionaries:
noun - the head of a state government
noun - a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
The chief executive of a state in the United States.
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| William Wyatt Bibb, Thomas Bibb, Bibb Graves, & George Wallace all held this office |
| In 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to hold this office in the U.S. |
| Arthur I. Boreman was the first to hold this office after West Virginia's admission to the Union |
| Civil War general Ambrose Burnside held this post in Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869 |
| Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job |
| Instead of a president, each of the states has this chief executive |
| A bomb at campaign HQ in Madison didn't stop the 1994 reelection of Tommy Thompson to this office |
| In 1991 Bill Clinton was pulling down a salary of $35,000 a year in this job |
| Maine's only publicly elected executive officer; if he dies the state senate president succeeds him |
| Pontius Pilatein Judea,26-36 |
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| a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) |
| the head of a state government |
| a device automatically regulating the supply of fuel, steam, or water to a machine, ensuring uniform motion or limiting speed. |
| the head of a public institution. |
| an official appointed to govern a town or region. |
| The person in authority one's employer. |
| The head of a public institution. |
| An official appointed to govern a town or region. |
| A device automatically regulating the supply of fuel, steam, or water to a machine, ensuring uniform motion or limiting speed. |
| a person in charge of a particular political unit: |
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A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, governor may be the title of a politician who governs a constituent state and may be either appointed or elected. The power of the individual governor can vary dramatically between political systems, with some governors having only nominal or largely ceremonial power, while others having a complete control over the entire government. * Historically, the title can also apply to the executive officials acting as representatives of a chartered company which has been granted exercise of sovereignty in a colonial area, such as the British East India Company or the Dutch East India Company. These companies operate as a major state within a state with its own armed forces. * There can also be non-political governors: high-ranking officials in private or similar governance such as commercial and non-p |