lieutenant governor

lieutenant governor

See also: Lieutenant Governor and lieutenant-governor

English

Alternative forms

• lieutenant-governor

Noun

lieutenant governor (plural lieutenant governors)

1. (government) The state representative of, or second-in-command of a governor, or Crown, who usually acts as the nominal chief executive officer of the realm.
2. (Canada, government) The representative of the Crown in the provincial legislatures of Canada.
3. (US, government) The next-in-line to the chief executive of a primary political division of the United States of America, such as a state, second to the governor.

Translations

second-in-command of a governor

Finnish: varakuvernööri French: lieutenant-gouverneur (fr) m Georgian: ვიცე-გუბერნატორი (vice-gubernaṭori)

German: Vizegouverneur m Norman: lieut'nant-gouvèrneux m Russian: ви́це-губерна́тор (ru) m (více-gubernátor)

See also

• governor general
• governor