governor general
See also: governor-general and Governor General
English
Alternative forms
- governor-general
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/, [ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ]
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Noun
governor general (plural governors general)
- (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
- 2005, Irma Coucill, Preface, Canada′s Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation, page 7,
- In 1968, as one of the projects sponsored by the federal Centennial Commission, Irma Coucill was asked to add drawings of all the Governors General and Prime Ministers since Confederation.
- 2009, Rand Dyck, Canadian Politics, page 320:
- But in a minority government scenario, the governor general might still be called upon to play a part.
- 2005, Irma Coucill, Preface, Canada′s Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation, page 7,
- (politics) An official in a similar position in other countries.
- 1831, United States Congress, Congressional Edition, Volume 203, page 5:
- The practice and usage have been recognised in a variety of instances by the Governors General of Louisiana.
- 1922, Philippines Gobernador-General, Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War.
- 1988, John Whitney Hall, The Cambridge History of Japan: Heian Japan, page 246:
- Because of the military′s autonomy in the Japanese political system, the relationships of the governors general in Korea to the prime minister′s office in Japan remained ambiguous.
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Synonyms
- (abbreviation): GG, G-G, G.G., G.-G., G. G.
Translations
governor or viceroy possessing some military authority
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representative of the monarch
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See also
- governor
- lieutenant governor
- lord lieutenant
- viceroy