Min•to(min′tō),USA pronunciationn.Gilbert John El•li•ot-Mur•ray-Ky•nyn•mond(el′ē ət mûr′ē ki nin′mənd, -mur′ē-, el′yət-),USA pronunciation4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.