English Explanatory Dictionary

governor-general

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
  2. An official in a similar position in other countries.
  3. A zongdu.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-governor-general.wav

Word forms

governor-general governors-general governor general

Synonyms

GG G-G G.G. G.-G. G. G.

Related words

Government House Lord-Lieutenant viceroy

Derived words

governor-generalship

Translations

Bulgarian: генерал-губернатор Catalan: governador general Chinese Mandarin: 總督 /总督 Czech: generální guvernér Danish: generalguvernør Dutch: gouverneur-generaal Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri French: gouverneur général French: gouverneure générale Georgian: გენერალ-გუბერნატორი German: Generalgouverneur Greek: γενικός κυβερνήτης Hungarian: főkormányzó Italian: governatore generale Japanese: 総督 Khmer: អគ្គទេសាភិបាល Korean: 총독 Malay: gabenor jeneral Maltese: Gvernatur Ġenerali Māori: kāwana-tianara Norman: gouvèrneux-général Norwegian Bokmål: generalguvernør Norwegian Nynorsk: generalguvernør Polish: gubernator generalny Polish: generalny gubernator Portuguese: governador-geral Romanian: guvernator general Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор Slovak: generálny guvernér Spanish: gobernador general Swedish: generalguvernör Ukrainian: генера́л-губерна́тор Vietnamese: tổng đốc
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