governor general

or gov·er·nor-gen·er·al


noun,plural governors general, governor generals.
  1. a governor who is chief over subordinate or deputy governors.

Origin of governor general

1
First recorded in 1580–90

Other words from governor general

  • gov·er·nor-gen·er·al·ship, noun

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How to use governor general in a sentence

  • He was offered the governor-generalship of India in 1835, and afterwards that of Canada, both of which he declined.

  • His devotion and attachment to Montreal had stood in the way of his acceptance of the governor generalship.

  • But nothing of the Governor-Generalship ever devolved upon him, except the outfit.

  • Now let us go back to the making of history, to the time when the butcher Weyler came to Cuba to assume the governor-generalship.

    Cuba | Arthur D. Hall
  • He twice refused a Marquisate, also the Governor-generalship of India.

    The Life of George Borrow | Herbert Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for governor general

governor general

nounplural governors general or governor generals
  1. the representative of the Crown in a dominion of the Commonwealth or a British colony; vicegerent

  2. British a governor with jurisdiction or precedence over other governors

Derived forms of governor general

  • governor-generalship, noun

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