| NOUN | person | governor | the head of a state government |
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| artifact | governor, regulator | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) |
| Sounds | gah'verner | |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
| Meaning | The head of a state government. | |
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| Narrower | bey | The governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire |
| eparch | The governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece | |
| governor general | A governor of high rank | |
| military governor | The head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country) | |
| nawab, nabob | A governor in India during the Mogul empire | |
| proconsul | A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire | |
| satrap | A governor of a province in ancient Persia | |
| viceroy, vicereine | governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign | |
| Broader | politician | A leader engaged in civil administration |
| Spanish | gobernadora, gobernador | |
| Catalan | governador | |
| Adjectives | gubernatorial | relating to a governor |
| Nouns | governorship | the office of governor |
| Verbs | govern | exercise authority over |
| Meaning | A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel). | |
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| Synonym | regulator | |
| Narrower | flywheel | regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine |
| timer | A regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times | |
| Broader | control, controller | A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine |
| Verbs | govern | bring into conformity with rules or principles / principles or usage |
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