the head of a state government

a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine ( as by controlling the supply of fuel)

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania.

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

A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

The chief executive of a state; one who is clothed with great legal authority; chief ruler; a mechanical device for regulating the speed of an engine.

Governorship.

The chief executive officer of a State of the American Union: a ruler: one invested with supreme authority: a tutor: ( machinery) a regulator, or contrivance for maintaining uniform velocity with a varying resistance: ( B.) a pilot.

Chief magistrate; ruler.

One who governs; chief executive of a state; a regulator, as of the speed of machinery.

One invested with supreme authority; a ruler; a tutor; a pilot; a pair of heavy balls connected with machinery, and designed to equalize the speed of steam- engines by operating on the throttle- valve of the engine.

One who rules or directs; one who is invested with supreme authority; a ruler; a tutor; in a machine, a contrivance for maintaining a uniform velocity with varying resistance; a regulator.

The governor will give way at last, I should say. – Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope

But still I think dear Governor and Will will be pretty comfortable this winter. – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner

I went to the Governor, but he gave me no comfort. – Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan

Their destination had not been the palace of the Governor; but that of the chief of the Moscow Third Section. – The Genius by Margaret Horton Potter

The opinion of the governor, they said, is but the opinion of one man. – Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam by John S. C. Abbott

What have you been doing all to- day, Governor? – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner

Then Belisarius will be Governor of Italy- for it will not last a year with the purple Prince- and he will wear away his fine strength here in idleness, when there is work enough to do in Persia. – A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn

It's a good thing as far as the boy's concerned, but I do feel sorry for his governor. – Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Emerson's Wife -- Colonel Kate's Protégée -- The Kid of Apache Teju -- A Blaze on Pard Huff -- How Colonel Kate Won Her Spurs -- Hollyhocks -- The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Johnson Sides -- A Piece of Wreckag by Florence Finch Kelly

I believe the governor- general was there, or some great person. – Old Jack by W.H.G. Kingston

We were received by Governor Long, at the State House. – Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

There were plenty who agreed with the governor. – The Henchman by Mark Lee Luther

Screwby, take Master Miles to his governor. – The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

I'm sorry for it, governor, with all my heart! – The World's Greatest Books, Vol III by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

Just as hard, Willis found out that the governor had told his tailor to make the boy all the clothes he wanted. – Frank Merriwell's Races by Burt L. Standish

Farther to the south is the hill of Philopappus, so called after a Roman governor of that name. – Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens

Let me introduce you to Lady Holmhurst, wife of Lord Holmhurst, the New Zealand Governor, you know. – Mr. Meeson's Will by H. Rider Haggard

Did your governor send the money? – The Underdog by F. Hopkinson Smith

Is it you, Governor? – Loaded Dice by Ellery H. Clark

By the end of the second day the new governor had seized the Admiral's house. – Christopher Columbus by Mildred Stapley

" That must not be for very long, Governor," observed Captain Wilson. – Mr. Midshipman Easy by Captain Frederick Marryat