English Dictionary

governor

/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)/

noun

(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.

The governor announced new policies to improve education.

意味（1）

(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.

Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota

意味（2）

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

Generator excitation is obtained by a combination of the separately-excited and self-excited fields, and the output is controlled by a resistance in the separate field circuit adjusted by the load regulator under the control of the engine governor.

意味（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.

The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

意味（4）

(informal) Father.

Say 'father.' We never called him papa; and if one of my brothers had addressed him as 'governor,' as boys do now, I really think he'd have him cut off with a shilling.

意味（5）

(informal) Boss, employer, similar to gaffer.

意味（6）

(UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.

意味（7）

(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.

意味（8）

(dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

意味（9）

(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.