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governor

noun

1 governor

The head of a state government.

Roget 753: keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, ... show more

Roget 540: teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, ... show more

Roget 694: director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller.    superintendent, supervisor, straw boss; intendant; overseer, overlooker; supercargo, husband, inspector, ... show more

Roget 737a: government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority etc. 737; master etc. 745; direction etc. 693.    [nations] ... show more

Roget 745: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, ... show more

Dutch: goeverneur, gouverneur, regent
Polish: gubernator

2 governor

A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel).

synonym: regulator.

Dutch: regelaar


Moby thesaurus: abba, administrator, aegis, agent, air warden, arm guard, attendant, backstop, beg, beglerbeg, bey, buffer, bull, bulwark, bumper, burgrave, captain, caretaker, castellan, chatelain ... show more.

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