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A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coördinate powers presiding over each country. Law. Conjunctions joint sentences and coördinate terms. Rev. R. Morris. Coördinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the…

dy of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. Shak.

having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.

n of that which ought to be done; neglect to do whaas, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

urt of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also darbar.]

A ruler; a governor; a prince.

Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.

formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.

rtain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.

e chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

atural or artificial flies. Walton. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pai…

A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.

Pertaining to a governor, or to government.

A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.

A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.