governor

English

Wikipedia

A flyball governor (mechanical), connected to a linkage to regulate flow.

Alternative forms

• governour, gouvernor, gouvernour

Etymology

From Middle English govenour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernetes, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kybernao, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”).

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Noun

governor (plural governors)

1. The leader of a region or state that is a member of a federation or an empire. In Rome, they were endorsed by the emperor and appointed by the Senate. In the modern United States, they are elected by the people of that state.
2. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
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.

   Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, www.federalreserve.gov (November 6, 2009)

4. (informal) father.
5. (informal) Boss, employer.

Derived terms

• centrifugal governor

Related terms

• govern
• government
• governor-general, governor general, Governor-General, Governor General
• gubernatorial

Translations

leader of a region or state

• Afrikaans: goewerneur (af)
• Arabic: محافظ (ar) (muḥāfiẓ) m, حاكم (ar) (ḥākim) m
• Armenian: նահանգապետ (hy) (nahangapet)
• Catalan: governador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 省長 (cmn), 省长 (cmn) (shěngzhǎng) (esp. of a province), 州長 (cmn), 州长 (cmn) (zhōuzhǎng)

• Czech: guvernér (cs) m
• Danish: guvernør (da) c
• Dutch: gouverneur (nl) m
• Faroese: guvernørur (fo) m
• Finnish: kuvernööri (fi), maaherra (fi)
• French: gouverneur (fr) m
• Georgian: კატაბანი (ka) (katabani)
• German: Gouverneur (de) m
• Greek: κυβερνήτης (el) (kyvernítis) m
• Hindi: राज्यपाल (hi) (rājyapāl) m, गवर्नर (hi) (gavarnar) m
• Hungarian: kormányzó (hu)

• Icelandic: ríkisstjóri (is) m, landstjóri (is) m, (dated) guvernör (is) m
• Japanese: 知事 (ja) (ちじ, chiji)
• Khmer: អភិបាល (km) (apʰi baal), ទេសាភិបាល (km) (teisaapʰibaal)
• Korean: 지사 (ko) (jisa) (知事 (ko))
• Navajo: naatʼáanii
• Persian: فرماندار (fa) (farmândâr)
• Polish: gubernator (pl) m
• Portuguese: governador (pt) m
• Romanian: guvernator n, guvernant m
• Russian: губернатор (ru) (gubernátor) m
• Slovak: guvernér (sk) m
• Sotho: mmusi (st)
• Spanish: gobernador (es) m, gobernadora (es) f
• Swedish: guvernör (sv) c
• Tagalog: gobernador (tl)
• Taos: tòbúna (of pueblo)
• Vietnamese: thống đốc (vi), thống sử (vi)

device which regulates or controls

• Czech: regulátor (cs) m
• Dutch: regelaar (nl)
• Finnish: säädin, säätölaite
• German: Regler (de) m

• Romanian: regulator (ro) m
• Russian: регулятор (ru) (reguljátor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: rianadair (gd) m
• Swedish: regulator (sv) c, centrifugalregulator (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• French: gouverneur m
• Italian: governatore m
• Korean: 주지사 (jujisa)
• Latin: gubernator m
• Portuguese: regulador m
• Spanish: gobernador m