English Dictionary

governor general

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 カナダ英語 ニュージーランド英語

(Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.

日本語の意味

カナダ、オーストラリア、ニュージーランドなどのコモンウェルス領において、英国君主の代表として、君主の権威のもとに任命され、国を統治する官職。

The governor general, appointed by the reigning monarch, read the Speech from the Throne to open Parliament.

君主によって任命された総督が、議会の開会に際して玉座演説を読み上げた。

意味（1）

(Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.

In 1968, as one of the projects sponsored by the federal Centennial Commission, Irma Coucill was asked to add drawings of all the Governors General and Prime Ministers since Confederation.

意味（2）

(politics) An official in a similar position in other countries.

The practice and usage have been recognised in a variety of instances by the Governors General of Louisiana.

governors general （ plural ）