1) Controller 2) Director 3) Elected official 4) Guv 5) Manager 6) Master 7) Nabob 8) Nawab 9) Regent 10) Satrap 11) Teacher 12) Viceregal 13) Viceroy
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1) WJC at age 32 2) Capitalist 3) Control to regulate speed 4) Elected head of a US state 5) French word used in English 6) Gubernatorial title 7) Head of a US state 8) Head of state 9) Mechanical power control 10) Military rank of France 11) Person in a mansion 12) Politician 13) Prison chief 14) Rockefeller
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An official appointed to oversee and administer a colony, province or region, usually on behalf of a monarch.
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A governor is, in most cases, an individual public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, governor may be the title of the politician who governs a constituent state and may be either appointed or elected. The power of the indiv...
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[Japan] In Japan, the chiji is the highest ranking executive of a prefecture. The governor is directly elected for a four-year term. Governors are subject to recall referenda. In case of death, disability, or resignation, the vice governor becomes either governor or acting governor. ...
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[United States] In the United States, the title governor refers to the chief executive of each state or insular territory, not directly subordinate to the federal authorities, but the political and ceremonial head of the state. ==Role and powers== The United States Constitution preserves the notion that the country is a federation of semi-s...
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[device] A governor, or speed limiter, is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine. A classic example is the centrifugal governor, also known as the Watt or fly-ball governor, which uses weights mounted on spring-loaded arms to determine how fast a shaft is spinning, and then uses proportional control ...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. • (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to m...
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(from the article `India`) The government structure of the states, defined by the constitution, closely resembles that of the union. The executive branch is composed of a ... ...the Legislative Assembly (lower) and the Legislative Council (upper). The leader of the majority party or alliance of parties in the Legislative ... [5 relat...
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in technology, device that automatically maintains the rotary speed of an engine or other prime mover within reasonably close limits regardless of ... [1 related articles]
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A device used to regulate motor speed, or, in a wind energy conversion system, to control the rotational speed of the rotor. Related category • ENGINES AND MOTORS
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A flyball governor A device that maintains the speed of a machine constant despite load variation, often by controlling the fuel supply. The common flyball governor works by the centrifugal force of two rotating weights, acting against a spring. See also servomechanism.
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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.' ... 2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. ... 3. A pilot; a steersman. ... 4. <machinery> A contrivance applied t...
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During the Empire a person chosen by the emperor who took charge of a Province.
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Gov'ern·or noun [ Middle English
governor ,
governour , Old French
governeor , French
gouverneur , from Latin
gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See
Govern .]
1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authorit...
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When the American colonies were founded, the term 'Governor' was used in two senses in England: to denote the commander of a fortified post, like Hull or Tangier, and to denote the head of a great trading corporation, like the East India Company or the Massachusetts Company. The Governor of an American colony got his name by derivation from both th...
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In mechanics, a governor is a contrivance for maintaining a uniform velocity with a varying resistance of a piece of machinery. Originally, governors were employed in steam engines and worked by regulating the amount of steam that passed. A common form of steam-engine governor consisted of a pair of balls suspended from a vertical shaft kept in mot...
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Governor is British slang for a boss, chief or leader.
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the representative of the Queen in a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
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A mechanical or electronic device for controlling or limiting the rotational speed of an engine or shaft.
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noun a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
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The speed monitoring device on traction elevators that triggers the safety when the elevator over-speeds.
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In engineering, any device that controls the speed of a machine or engine, usually by regulating the intake of fuel or steam. Scottish inventor James Watt invented the steam-engine governor in 1788. It works by means of heavy balls, which rotate on the end of linkages and move in or out because of centrifugal force according to the speed of rot...
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A device that regulates the speed of a rotating shaft, either electrically or mechanically.
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A device used to regulate motor speed, or, in a wind energy conversion system, to control the rotational speed of the rotor.
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