GOVERNOR


Meaning of GOVERNOR in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ deputy , lieutenant

▪ acting , interim

She was appointed as acting ~ until an election could be held.

▪ incumbent , sitting (both esp. AmE )

▪ former

▪ colonial , district , provincial , regional , state

▪ Fed (= the Federal Reserve in the US)

▪ Democratic , Republican

▪ military

▪ prison , school (both BrE )

▪ parent ( BrE )

She served as a parent ~ at her children's school.

VERB + GOVERNOR

▪ appoint , appoint sb (as) , elect , elect sb (as)

▪ recall ( AmE )

They voted to recall the sitting ~.

▪ become

▪ serve as

PHRASES

▪ a board of ~s

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .