A governor of a province, town, etc. Now historical = sheriff, n.

The governor of a town, province or district; the commander of a fortress. Obsolete exc. Historical in the title Warden of the Marches.

The appointed governor or lieutenant of a province, or other division of a country, as a colony, city, etc. Also: spec. the governor of a factory…

A provincial ruler or governor; (Roman History) an officer who collects the taxes, pays the troops, and controls the finances in an imperial…

An official appointed to govern a country, province, town, etc., on behalf of a higher authority; spec. a representative of the British Crown in a…

As the title of a governor of a city or province, and of various administrative or judicial officers. Now historical except with reference to the…

As a formal title of office, usually with defining phrase indicating the object or locality of delegated command, as in Lieutenant of the Tower…

Perhaps: = procurator, n.1 2.

Esp. in Italy: a governor.

The governor of a province. Obsolete. rare.

A ruler, a governor, a national leader; spec. (a) Ancient History a governor of a Jewish kingdom or province under the Roman Empire; (b) a head of an…

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 extended use: a governor of a modern dependency, colony, or province; a civic leader. In later use also: (in a conquered territory) the chief…

Used to render the etymologically equivalent German statthalter, Danish statholder, lieutenant-governor, viceroy.

In specific senses. The chief administrative official of a district; a governor, esp. of a colonial region under British rule. Now chiefly historical.

A provincial governor in the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires.

A present. Cf. pressie, n.