governor

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gov·er·nor, Governor /ˈɡʌvənə $ -vərnər/ W3 noun [countableC]

a) PGOGOVERENMENTthe person in charge of governing a state in the US 〔美国的〕州长

b) PGOGOVERENMENTthe person in charge of governing a country that is under the political control of another country 总督

2 British EnglishBrEBOCONTROL a member of a committee that controls an organization or institution 董事，理事

a school governor

学校董事

the hospital’s board of governors

医院的董事会

3 British EnglishBrESCJ the person in charge of an institution 管理者

the prison governor

监狱长

governor of

the governor of the central bank

央行行长

4. British EnglishBrEIN CHARGE OF a guvnor 老板，雇主；先生

Examples from the Corpus

governor• Governor Brown refused to answer the question.• Another was a governor who frequently came into Russells Hall.• In 1990, peddling himself to the voters as a successful businessman, he was elected governor.• the former governor of Hong Kong• The troubles of the new governor are being described.• The board of governors consists of the finance minister from each member state.• No Texas governor has won re-election since Dolph Briscoe in 1974.• His most consistent phrase was that he wants to accomplish in Washington what the governors have done in their states.• the governor of South Dakota

board of governors• Dozens of boards of governors sessions have been postponed because too few members have turned up.• The roles of the board of governors and the executive board are broadly as described in Section 8.2.3.• The board of governors consists of the finance minister from each member state.• Controlled schools are managed by education and library boards through boards of governors.

prison governor• Catering responsibilities for the prison lie with Mike Lamb, a prison governor whose title is G5 Caterer.• The jail trip prize has been offered by prison governor Robin Halward.• The names of certain prison governors whose personal positive qualities permeated every aspect of their prisons tend to be long remembered.• The Home Secretary said that he had found prison governors who were in favour of the Bill.• But the prison governor insists the correct procedures were followed.• Some bureaux have been invited in by the probation or education departments or by the prison governor.• The situation has prompted the prison governor to take the unusual step of refusing to accept any more remand prisoners.• The prison Governor says he was in a disturbed state.

From Longman Business Dictionary

governorgov·er·nor /ˈgʌvənə-ərnər/ noun [countableC]

1JOBFINANCEthe person in charge of an important organization such as a country’s CENTRAL BANK

the governor of the Bank of England

2British EnglishBrE a member of the committee in control of an institution such as a school, or of some official organizations

The BBC’s board of governors meets today to discuss the whole issue of funding.

gov·er·nor noun

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