Governor Arizona Provincial Person Noun Bre ˈɡʌvənə(R ˈɡʌvərnər

• the former governor of the colony
• a provincial governor
• the governor of arizona
• the arizona governor

governor

1. a person who is the official head of a country or region that is governed by another country
• the former governor of the colony
• a provincial governor
2. a person who is chosen to be in charge of the government of a state in the US
• the governor of Arizona
• the Arizona governor
• Governor Bev Perdue
3. a member of a group of people who are responsible for controlling an institution such as a school, a college or a hospital
• a school governor
• the board of governors of the college
4. a person who is in charge of an institution
• see also guv’nor
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/guv-nor
• a prison governor
• the governor of the Bank of England
• I can't decide. I'll have to ask the governor (= the man in charge, who employs somebody).

Extra Examples

• She served as a parent governor at her children’s school.
• She was appointed as acting governor until an election could be held.
• They voted to recall the sitting governor.
• A copy of the report was sent to the prison governor.
• Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi
• He is a former governor of the Bank of England.
• He was confirmed as the provincial governor for another five-year term.
• He will take office as interim governor pending fresh elections.
• I’ll have to present my plan to the board of governors.
• One way of getting things changed is to become a school governor.
• She has officially launched her campaign to become state governor.
• The report was written by Chris Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong.
• a provincial/State governor

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French governeour, from Latin gubernator, from gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Greek kubernan ‘to steer’.