under-governorn.
/ˈʌndəˌɡʌvn̩ə/, /ˈʌndəˌɡʌvənə/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌɡəv(ə)nər/ (under- prefix1 3a(a).)
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > sub- or under-governor
under-governor1579
sub-governor1646
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Djv By referring you to the proconsulates of Rome vnder that Empire: to the vndergouernors in the former monarchies.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 29 To be short, hee setteth downe some Gods as principall, some as meane, and othersome as vndergouernours.
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