governor general

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  • (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)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

Synonyms
  • (abbreviation): GG, G-G, G.G., G.-G., G. G.

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