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governor-general en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (UK) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
   • It is a historical and analytical study of the position of Viceroy and Governor-General in the Indian constitutional system. 1940, Abani Bhushan Rudra, The Viceroy and Governor-General of India, page xi:
   • 2003, The Far East and Australasia 2003, Europa Publications, page 122, The legislative power of the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a Federal Parliament, consisting of HM the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), a Senate, and a House of Representatives.
   • The vulnerability of the Governor-General should not be overstated. 1997, New Zealand Law Journal, page 217:
2. An official in a similar position in other countries.
   • Nikolai Bobrikov served as governor-general of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1898 until his untimely death in 1904.
   • The Governor-General of Amur resides at Khabarovka (哈巴羅甫喀，即，伯利), in the Primorsk Province (東海濱省). 1904, C. D. Tenney, “俄屬 [RUSSIA IN ASIA]”, in Geography of Asia, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 36:
   • A real acuerdo (decision reached by a full session of the high court presided over by the governor-general) gradually came to have the force of law in the form of administrative ordinances embracing a wide range of subjects. 1996, Greg Bankoff, Crime, Society, and the State in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines, page 105:
   • 2007, Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895—1945, Murray A. Rubinstein (editor), Taiwan: A New History, page 222, In the meantime the Taiwan governors-general were gradually brought under closer supervision of the home government in Tokyo.
   • […]the proper warrants thereon shall be issued by the auditor and countersigned by the governor-general. 1901, Puerto Rico Governor, Annual Report, page 311:
3. A zongdu.

Forms

Deriveds

governor-generalship · governor-general-in-council

Relateds

viceroy · Government House · Lord-Lieutenant

Synonyms

G.G. · G.-G. · G. G. · GG · G-G

Translations (44)

es gobernador general (commonwealth official) · el γενικός κυβερνήτης (commonwealth official) · pl generalny gubernator (commonwealth official) · mi kāwana-tianara (commonwealth official) · ms gabenor jeneral (commonwealth official) · vi tổng đốc (similar official in other countries) · cmn 總督 /总督 (similar official in other countries) · uk генера́л-губерна́тор (commonwealth official) · es gobernador general (similar official in other countries) · mt Gvernatur Ġenerali (commonwealth official) · vi tổng đốc (commonwealth official) · pl gubernator generalny (commonwealth official) · bg генерал-губернатор (commonwealth official) · sk generálny guvernér (commonwealth official) · nb generalguvernør (commonwealth official) · ko 총독 (similar official in other countries) · pt governador-geral (commonwealth official) · nl gouverneur-generaal (commonwealth official) · ru генера́л-губерна́тор (similar official in other countries) · km អគ្គទេសាភិបាល (commonwealth official) · nrf gouvèrneux-général (commonwealth official) · ko 총독 (commonwealth official) · sv generalguvernör (commonwealth official) · da generalguvernør (commonwealth official) · cs generální guvernér (commonwealth official) · ka გენერალ-გუბერნატორი (similar official in other countries) · nn generalguvernør (commonwealth official) · cmn 總督 /总督 (commonwealth official) · ca governador general (commonwealth official) · ru генера́л-губерна́тор (commonwealth official) · km អគ្គទេសាភិបាល (similar official in other countries) · fi kenraalikuvernööri (similar official in other countries) · fr gouverneur général (commonwealth official) · pt governador-geral (similar official in other countries) · fi kenraalikuvernööri (commonwealth official) · ja 総督 (similar official in other countries) · ro guvernator general (commonwealth official) · hu főkormányzó (commonwealth official) · de Generalgouverneur (similar official in other countries) · ja 総督 (commonwealth official) · fr gouverneure générale (commonwealth official) · ka გენერალ-გუბერნატორი (commonwealth official) · it governatore generale (commonwealth official) · de Generalgouverneur (commonwealth official)