lieutenant governor
noun
The acting or deputy governor of a state or province, under a governor or Governor General.The island is a crown possession with wide independent powers under a lieutenant governor....
- As a primer on Canada's constitutional monarchy explains, the governor-general and the provincial lieutenant governors ‘are constitutional fire extinguishers with a potent mixture of powers for use in great emergencies.’
- It is self-governing with a locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and bicameral legislature.
Derivatives
lieutenant governorship
- He had turned his sights to the lieutenant governorship, while the state Senate President took a surprising pass at higher office.