Governor-General
governor general
Also, gov·er·nor-gen·er·al.
Origin:
1580–90
1580–90
Related forms
gov·er·nor-gen·er·al·ship, noun
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| governor general | |
| —n , pl governors general, governor generals | |
| 1. | the representative of the Crown in a dominion of the Commonwealth or a British colony; vicegerent |
| 2. | (Brit) a governor with jurisdiction or precedence over other governors |
| governor-'generalship | |
| —n | |
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Governor-general
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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