Word Meanings - SUBGOVERNOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A subordinate or assistant governor.
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- ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - GOVERNORSHIP
The office of a governor. - SUBORDINATE
1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position. The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. Woodward. 2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. It was - GOVERNOR
A pilot; a steersman. (more info) gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See 1. 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 - ASSISTANT
Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow. (more info) 1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and - GOVERNOR GENERAL
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India. - INSUBORDINATE
Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous - RELAY GOVERNOR
A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle. - SUBGOVERNOR
A subordinate or assistant governor.