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governor general en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
   • In 1968, as one of the projects sponsored by the federal Centennial Commission, Irma Coucill was asked to add drawings of all the Governors General and Prime Ministers since Confederation. 2005, Irma Coucill, Preface: Canada′s Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation, page 7:
   • But in a minority government scenario, the governor general might still be called upon to play a part. 2009, Rand Dyck, Canadian Politics, page 320:
2. An official in a similar position in other countries.
   • Because of the military′s autonomy in the Japanese political system, the relationships of the governors general in Korea to the prime minister′s office in Japan remained ambiguous. 1988, John Whitney Hall, The Cambridge History of Japan: Heian Japan, page 246:
   • The practice and usage have been recognised in a variety of instances by the Governors General of Louisiana. 1831, United States Congress, Congressional Edition, Volume 203, page 5:

Forms

Relateds

lord lieutenant · lieutenant governor · viceroy · governor

Synonyms

G.G. · G.-G. · G. G. · GG · G-G

Translations (41)

fr gouverneur général (representative of the monarch) · pt governador geral (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · ga fear ionaid rí (representative of the monarch) · ru генера́л-губерна́тор (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · vi thống đốc (representative of the monarch) · ar حَاكِم عَامّ (representative of the monarch) · ja 総督 (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · ko 총독 (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · ro guvernator general (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · nl gouverneur-generaal (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · pt governador geral (representative of the monarch) · es gobernador general (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · fi kenraalikuvernööri (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · de Generalgouverneur (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · id gubernur jenderal (representative of the monarch) · nn generalguvernør (representative of the monarch) · la gubernātor generālis (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · cmn 總督 /总督 (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · ko 총독 (representative of the monarch) · ar حَاكِم عَامّ (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · kk генерал-губернатор (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · de Generalgouverneur (representative of the monarch) · kk генерал-губернатор (representative of the monarch) · ms gabenor jeneral (representative of the monarch) · mt gvern ġenerali (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · vi thống đốc (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · sv generalguvernör (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · ru генера́л-губерна́тор (representative of the monarch) · it governatore generale (representative of the monarch) · nl gouverneur-generaal (representative of the monarch) · ms gabenor jeneral (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · id gubernur jenderal (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · fi kenraalikuvernööri (representative of the monarch) · fr gouverneur général (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · la gubernātrīx generālis (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · ro guvernator general (representative of the monarch) · ja 総督 (representative of the monarch) · it governatore generale (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority) · cmn 總督 /总督 (representative of the monarch) · nb generalguvernør (representative of the monarch) · es gobernador general (representative of the monarch)