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ˈgovernor-ˈgeneral
A governor who has under him deputy- or lieutenant-governors.
[1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xcv. 98 You [spiders] (welnie) brought flies: to graunt to agree, You: as head gouernou[r]s generall bee. ]1586Ld. Burghley in Leycester Corr. (Camden 1844) 267 My lord of Leicester hath accepted the title of governor-generall of those provinces. 1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1979/3 The humble Address of Your Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor-General of Your Colony and Dominion of Virginia. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 455 Corfu..the residence of the governor-general over all the other islands. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 303 New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land are under the jurisdiction of a governor-general..with a lieutenant-governor under him for each colony. 1854Sir G. C. Lewis Lett. (1870) 281 It is, certainly, a very singular accident, that a small society such as that of Merton should have sent out two successive Governors-General of Canada. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 76 As to how far the Governor-General [of India] has deserved well of his country..it is difficult for me to form an opinion.
Hence ˈgovernor-ˈgeneralship, the office of governor-general; also his term of office.
1833T. Hook Widow & Marquess i, A blue riband, and the governor-generalship of India, were the marks at which he aimed. 1881Athenæum 12 Feb. 255/1 The two years of his Governor-Generalship. |