governors general

Variant of governor general

governor general definition

governor general

noun pl. governors general or governor generals

  1. a governor who has subordinate or deputy governors, specif., one who is appointed by the British sovereign, as in some countries of the Commonwealth
  2. in some countries of the Commonwealth, a person appointed as a symbolic representative of the British sovereign
Also Brit.governor-general gov′·er·nor-gen′·er·al

noun pl. governors-general gov′·er·nors-gen′·er·al

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.