governor-general

See also: governor general and Governor General

English

Alternative forms

governor general

Noun

governor-general (plural governors-general)

(UK) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
- 1940, Abani Bhushan Rudra, The Viceroy and Governor-General of India‎, page xi:
  It is a historical and analytical study of the position of Viceroy and Governor-General in the Indian constitutional system.
- 1997, New Zealand Law Journal, page 217,
  The vulnerability of the Governor-General should not be overstated.
- 2003, The Far East and Australasia 2003, Europa Publications, page 122,
  The legislative power of the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a Federal Parliament, consisting of HM the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), a Senate, and a House of Representatives.
An official in a similar position in other countries.
Nikolai Bobrikov served as governor-general of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1898 until his untimely death in 1904.
- 1901, Puerto Rico Governor, Annual Report‎, page 311:
  […] the proper warrants thereon shall be issued by the auditor and countersigned by the governor-general.
- 1996, Greg Bankoff, Crime, Society, and the State in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines‎, page 105:
  A real acuerdo (decision reached by a full session of the high court presided over by the governor-general) gradually came to have the force of law in the form of administrative ordinances embracing a wide range of subjects.
- 2007, Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895—1945, Murray A. Rubinstein (editor), Taiwan: A New History, page 222,
  In the meantime the Taiwan governors-general were gradually brought under closer supervision of the home government in Tokyo.
A zongdu.

Synonyms

(abbreviation): GG, G-G, G.G., G.-G., G. G.

Translations

commonwealth official

Catalan: governador general m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 總督／总督 (zh) (zǒngdū)
Dutch: gouverneur-generaal (nl) m
Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri (fi)
French: gouverneur général (fr) m, gouverneure générale (fr) f
Georgian: გენერალ-გუბერნატორი (general-gubernaṭori)
German: Generalgouverneur (de) m
Italian: governatore generale m
Japanese: 総督 (ja) (そうとく, sōtoku)
Khmer: អគ្គទេសាភិបាល (a’kea’ teesaapʰi’baal)
Korean: 총독 (chongdok)
Malay: gabenor jeneral
Maltese: Gvernatur Ġenerali
Maori: kāwana-tianara
Norman: gouvèrneux-général m
Polish: gubernator generalny m, generalny gubernator m
Portuguese: governador-geral m
Romanian: guvernator general m
Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор (ru) m (generál-gubernátor)
Spanish: gobernador general
Vietnamese: tổng đốc (vi)

similar official in other countries

Chinese:
Mandarin: 總督／总督 (zh) (zǒngdū)
Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri (fi)
Georgian: გენერალ-გუბერნატორი (general-gubernaṭori)
German: Generalgouverneur (de) m
Japanese: 総督 (ja) (そうとく, sōtoku)
Khmer: អគ្គទេសាភិបាល (a’kea’ teesaapʰi’baal)
Korean: 총독 (chongdok)
Portuguese: governador-geral m
Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор (ru) m (generál-gubernátor)
Spanish: gobernador general m
Vietnamese: tổng đốc (vi)

zongdu — see zongdu