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cogovernor

cogovernor noun: someone who governs something together with someone else.

Noun

cogovernor (plural cogovernors)

  1. Someone who governs something together with someone else
    • Students[…] are cogovernors in the Assembly of Shimer College (which sets policy under the board of trustees and is constituted as "a participatory democracy"), and cosustainers of the college's day-to-day operations.1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010

Forms of cogovernor

pluralcogovernors

Origin of cogovernor

From co- + governor.

Questions about cogovernor

What does cogovernor mean?
Cogovernor means someone who governs something together with someone else.
What part of speech is cogovernor?
Cogovernor is a noun.
What is the plural of cogovernor?
The plural of cogovernor is cogovernors.

Words near cogovernor in the dictionary

  1. cogovern
  2. cogovernance
  3. cogoverned
  4. cogoverning
  5. cogovernment
  6. cogovernor
  7. cogovernors
  8. cogoverns
  9. Cogra Bay
  10. cograil
  11. cograils

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