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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#m1)

2) (UK) A school governor is a volunteer on the board that helps run a school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#m2)

3) (UK) The governor of a prison or a bank is its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#m3)

4) (old use) A governor-general represents the king or queen in countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#m4)

5) (informal, UK, old) «Guv'nor» means boss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x1)
- My mum is a school governor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x2)
- The prison governor visited each cell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x3)
- The Governor-General of Canada opened the new park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x4)
- The governor signed the new law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x5)
- In history, the governor ruled the colony for the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x6)
- The school governors met to plan the budget. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x7)
- An hour later the real Governor returned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/12/)
- [The Roman governor Pontius Pilate found no fault in Jesus but let the crowd have him crucified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/15/)
- [The Church of England is led by bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as senior bishop and the King as Supreme Governor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/14/)
- [And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1366/)
- [My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.127/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «governor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.