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governor-generals-in-council

governor-generals-in-council is the plural of governor-general-in-council.

Meaning of governor-general-in-council

Noun

governor-general-in-council (plural governor-generals-in-council)

  1. (Commonwealth) The governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions.

Questions about governor-generals-in-council

What is governor-generals-in-council the plural of?
Governor-generals-in-council is the plural of governor-general-in-council.

Words near governor-generals-in-council in the dictionary

  1. Governor's Strait
  2. governor-ess
  3. governor-esses
  4. governor-general
  5. governor-general-in-council
  6. governor-generals-in-council
  7. governor-generalship
  8. governor-generalships
  9. governorate
  10. governorates
  11. governoress

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