English-Thai Dictionary

governor

N ผู้ว่าการ รัฐ  ผู้ปกครอง  ข้าหลวง  ผู้ควบคุม  เจ้าเมือง  director officer ruler phu-wa-kan-rad

 

governor

N เครื่อง ควบคุม ความเร็ว ของ เครื่องยนต์  krueang-kuab-kum-kwam-reo-kong-kreang-yon

 

governor-general

N ผู้สำเร็จราชการ เมืองขึ้น ของ อังกฤษ  phu-sam-red-rad-cha-kan-mueang-kuen-kong-ang-krid

 

governorship

N ตำแหน่ง  และ อำนาจหน้าที่ ของ ผู้ปกครอง  tam-naeng-lae-am-nad-na-ti-kong-phu-pok-krong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOVERNOR

n.He that governs, rules or directs; one invested with supreme authority. The Creator is the rightful governor of all his creatures. 1. One who is invested with supreme authority to administer or enforce the laws; the supreme executive magistrate of a state, commmunity, corporation or post. Thus, in America, each state has its governor; Canada has its governor.
2. A tutor; one who has the care of a young man; one who instructs him and forms his manners.
3. A pilot; one who steers a ship. James 3:4.
4. One possessing delegated authority. Joseph was governor over the land of Egypt. Obadiah was governor over Ahab's house. Damascus had a governor under Aretas the king.

 

GOVERNORSHIP

n.The office of a governor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GOVERNOR

Gov "ern *or, n. Etym: [OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F.gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See Govern. ]

 

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. "The governor of the town. " Shak.

 

2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A pilot; a steersman. [R.]

 

4. (Mach. )

 

Defn: A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

 

Note: The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a ) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b ), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c ) to which it is connected by links (d d ), the balls being attached to arms (e e ) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f ), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast. Governor cut- off (Steam Engine ), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed. -- Hydraulic governor (Mach. ), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract.

 

GOVERNOR GENERAL

GOVERNOR GENERAL Gov "ern *or gen "er *al.

 

Defn: A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

 

GOVERNORSHIP

GOVERNORSHIP Gov "ern *or *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office of a governor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

governor

gov er nor |ˈgəvə (r )nər ˈɡəv (ə )nər | ▶noun 1 the elected executive head of a state of the US. • an official appointed to govern a town or region. • the representative of the British Crown in a colony or in a Commonwealth state that regards the monarch as head of state. 2 Brit. the head of a public institution: the governor of the Bank of England. • a member of a governing body. 3 Brit. informal the person in authority; one's employer. 4 a device automatically regulating the supply of fuel, steam, or water to a machine, ensuring uniform motion or limiting speed. DERIVATIVES gov er nor ate noun, gov er nor ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French governeour, from Latin gubernator, from gubernare (see govern ).

 

governor general

gov er nor gen er al ▶noun ( pl. governors general ) the chief representative of the Crown in a Commonwealth country of which the British monarch is head of state. • chiefly historical an analogous representative of another Crown.

 

Oxford Dictionary

governor

gov |ern ¦or |ˈgʌv (ə )nə | ▶noun 1 an official appointed to govern a town or region. • the elected executive head of a state of the US. • the representative of the British Crown in a colony or in a Commonwealth state that regards the monarch as head of state. 2 the head of a public institution: the governor of the Bank of England. • a member of a governing body. 3 Brit. informal the person in authority; one's employer. 4 a device automatically regulating the supply of fuel, steam, or water to a machine, ensuring uniform motion or limiting speed. DERIVATIVES governorate |-rət |noun, governorship noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French governeour, from Latin gubernator, from gubernare (see govern ).

 

governor general

Gov |ern ¦or Gen |eral ▶noun ( pl. governors general ) the chief representative of the Crown in a Commonwealth country of which the British monarch is head of state.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

governor

governor noun the governor of the island has issued a weather alert: leader, ruler, chief, head; historical intendant; premier, president, viceroy, chancellor; administrator, principal, director, chairperson, chair, superintendent, commissioner, controller; informal boss.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

governor

governor noun the governor of the province | a prison governor: administrator, ruler, chief, leader, principal, head; premier, president, viceroy, chancellor; manager, director, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, chair, superintendent, supervisor, commissioner, controller, master, warden, overseer, organizer; member of the board; informal boss. WORD LINKS governor gubernatorial relating to a governor Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

governor

gov er nor /ɡʌ́v (ə )nə r /→govern 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖時にG -; 時に肩書き; 時に呼びかけで 〗｟米 ｠州知事 ; ｟英 ｠(植民地 保護領 英連邦諸国の )総督 ; 支配 [統治 ]者 (｟略 ｠gov. ) (!副知事 [総督 ]はlieutenant ～, ｟英 ｠deputy ～) ▸ run for the governor of Utah ユタ州知事に立候補する ▸ the governor 's office [mansion ]知事執務室 [公邸 ]▸ the last governor of Hong Kong 最後の香港総督 .2 〖時にG -; 時に肩書き 〗(公的機関などの )管理 [代表 ]者 (!長官, 理事長, 総裁, 頭取, 院長, (要塞 )司令官など ) ; ｟主に英 ｠(学校 病院などの )理事, 役員 ;｟ 英 ｠刑務所長 (｟米 ｠warden )▸ the Governor of the Bank of England イングランド銀行総裁 3 ｟英 ｠〖時に呼びかけで 〗(父親をさして )おやじ ; (雇い主をさして )親方, かしら, だんな (boss, ｟英 ｠guv. , guvnor ).4 〘機 〙調速機 , (蒸気などの )調整器 .～̀ g é neral 複 ～s general, ～ generals 〖時にG - G- 〗(植民地 保護領 英連邦諸国の )総督 ; (副知事 [長官 ]などを従えた主要地域の )知事 [長官 ].

 

governorship

g ó v er nor sh ì p /-ʃɪ̀p /名詞 U 知事の職位 [在職期間, 任期 ] (!選挙で党の獲得州知事数を示す場合は ～s ) .