governor

«governor» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who is chosen or elected to be in charge of a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a governor, governors)

meaning for a pupil

1) A governor is a person who is chosen or elected to be in charge of a region, such as a state of the USA or an Australian state. tree →

2) (UK) A school governor is a volunteer on the board that helps run a school. tree →

3) (UK) The governor of a prison or a bank is its head. tree →

4) (old use) A governor-general represents the king or queen in countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand. tree →

5) (informal, UK, old) «Guv'nor» means boss. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and citizenship lessons, each US state has a governor; Australian states have governors too. In British schools, parents can become school governors. In history, a colonial governor ran a colony for another country. Phrases: «state governor», «school governor», «the Governor of the Bank of England», «Governor-General».

examples

• The governor of California gave a speech. tree →
• My mum is a school governor. tree →
• The prison governor visited each cell. tree →
• The Governor-General of Canada opened the new park. tree →
• The governor signed the new law. tree →
• In history, the governor ruled the colony for the king. tree →
• The school governors met to plan the budget. tree →
• An hour later the real Governor returned. tree →

note

Countable: governors. Capital G before a name or title: Governor Smith. Related: govern, government, governance. In the UK, «governess» is a different (old) word for a woman who taught children at home.

In the corpora

• Register means choosing words to suit your audience: formal language for governors, chattier words for friends.
• The Roman governor Pontius Pilate found no fault in Jesus but let the crowd have him crucified.
• The Church of England is led by bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as senior bishop and the King as Supreme Governor.
• And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land.
• My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «governor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.