meaning of governor
1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania.
2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
3. A pilot; a steersman.
4. A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
5. A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
6. a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine as by controlling the supply of fuel
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