| 单词 | state governor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate governor state governor n. the governor of a nation or state; now spec. (also with capital initial(s)) the elected head of one of the states of the United States.In Australia and some other regions with ‘state governments’ the leader is called premier (see premier n. 3) rather than state governor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] grievec950 warden1297 presidenta1382 procuratora1382 governora1393 seneschalc1400 lieutenant1423 promissary?c1500 governator1522 provincial1590 ethnarch1602 state governor1608 proconsul1650 stadholder1704 superintendent1758 meridarch1866 prez.1919 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > of a state of U.S. state governor1608 governor1683 1608 C. Lever Heauen & Earth, Relig. & Policy vii. 74 God..hauing giuen it [sc. this Nation] such..State gouernors as no Christian Nation can out-glory it. 1681 R. Baxter Compassionate Counsel Young-men §. 25. iv. 154 When the malignity of Church or State Governours..hath made it the way to preferment to declaim against some Truth. 1783 A. Stokes Constit. Brit. Colonies iii. 119 Whilst Georgia continued under the King's Government, the Governor was appointed by his Majesty..: but now the State Governor is chosen annually (by ballot) by the Representatives of the People. 1848 F. Grimké Considerations upon Nature & Tendency Free Instit. iv. ii. 416 The executive power is distributed between the president and the thirty state governors. 1925 T. R. Williamson Prob. Amer. Democracy v. B. 469 The average salary received by a state Governor is $5000 a year. 1990 V. S. Naipaul India: Million Mutinies (1991) iii. 196 The maharajas in India had lost their titles in 1956, but..in Mysore the maharaja still had considerable ceremonial standing as state governor. 2004 Europa World Year Bk. II. 3154/2 The State Governor of Florida..and brother of the US President, George W. Bush. < as lemmas |
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