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lieutenant-governor

lieutenant-governor is the alternative form of lieutenant governor.

Meaning of lieutenant governor

Noun

lieutenant governor (plural lieutenant governors)

  1. The state representative of, or second-in-command of a governor, or Crown, who usually acts as the nominal chief executive officer of the realm.
  2. (Canada) The representative of the Crown in the provincial legislatures of Canada.
  3. (US) The next-in-line to the chief executive of a primary political division of the United States of America, such as a state, second to the governor.

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Forms of lieutenant-governor

plurallieutenant-governors

Questions about lieutenant-governor

What is lieutenant-governor the alternative form of?
Lieutenant-governor is the alternative form of lieutenant governor.

Words near lieutenant-governor in the dictionary

  1. lieutenant-colonels
  2. lieutenant-commander
  3. lieutenant-commanders
  4. lieutenant-general
  5. lieutenant-generals
  6. lieutenant-governor
  7. lieutenant-governors
  8. lieutenantcy
  9. lieutenantess
  10. lieutenantesses
  11. lieutenantry

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