Governor | |
1. n. The title for someone who holds the post of governor. | |
2. n. (politics) The chief executive officer of a province or provincial-level division of a country. | |
3. n. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback. | |
4. n. 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 gove | |
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, (November 6, 2009) | |
5. n. (informal) Father. | |
6. n. (informal) Boss, employer. | |
7. n. (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another. | |
8. n. (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. | |
9. n. (nautical) A pilot; a steersman. | |