[
US
/ˈɡəvɝnɝ/
]
[ UK /ɡˈʌvənɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈʌvənɐ/ ]
NOUN
- the head of a state government
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
How To Use governor In A Sentence
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- In a landmark case/decision, the Governor pardoned a woman convicted of killing her husband, who had physically abused her.
- The governor refused to accept Cox's resignation .
- The governor should act on the new energy bill
- For example, Emperor Norton said that Governor Wise of Virginia was to be removed from office by royal decree.
- The vote fell short of the majority needed for an override of the Governor's veto.
- She was a lively public speaker, a governor of two schools, and a member of Beverley Minster parochial church council.
- PAUL LEPAGE, Republican governor of Maine, ordering a 36-ft.-wide mural in a government building depicting Maine's labor history to be painted over TIME.com: Top Stories
- California founded the celebrity culture, and as publicity stunts go, running for governor is on the cheap and easy side of the spectrum.
- I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem
