governor

/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)/

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(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country. / A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

The governor announced new policies to improve education.

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意味（1）

(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.

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意味（2）

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

Generator excitation is obtained by a combination of the separately-excited and self-excited fields, and the output is controlled by a resistance in the separate field circuit adjusted by the load regulator under the control of the engine governor.

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意味（3）

A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.

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意味（4）

(informal) Father.

"Say 'father.' We never called him papa; and if one of my brothers had addressed him as 'governor,' as boys do now, I really think he'd have him cut off with a shilling."

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意味（5）

(informal) Boss, employer, similar to gaffer.

意味（6）

(UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.

意味（7）

(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.

意味（8）

(dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

意味（9）

(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.

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