governor general

See also: governor-general and Governor General

English

Alternative forms

• governor-general

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/, [ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ]

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Noun

governor general (plural governors general)

1. (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
   • 2005, Irma Coucill, Preface: Canada′s Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation, page 7:

     In 1968, as one of the projects sponsored by the federal Centennial Commission, Irma Coucill was asked to add drawings of all the Governors General and Prime Ministers since Confederation.

   • 2009, Rand Dyck, Canadian Politics‎^[1], page 320:

     But in a minority government scenario, the governor general might still be called upon to play a part.

2. (politics) An official in a similar position in other countries.
   • 1831, United States Congress, Congressional Edition, Volume 203‎^[2], page 5:

     The practice and usage have been recognised in a variety of instances by the Governors General of Louisiana.

   • 1922, Philippines Gobernador-General, Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War‎^[3]:
   • 1988, John Whitney Hall, The Cambridge History of Japan: Heian Japan‎^[4], page 246:

     Because of the military′s autonomy in the Japanese political system, the relationships of the governors general in Korea to the prime minister′s office in Japan remained ambiguous.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation): GG, G-G, G.G., G.-G., G. G.

Translations

governor or viceroy possessing some military authority

• Arabic: حَاكِم عَامّ m (ḥākim ʕāmm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總督／总督 (zh) (zǒngdū)

• Dutch: gouverneur-generaal (nl) m
• Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri (fi)
• French: gouverneur général (fr) m
• German: Generalgouverneur (de) m
• Indonesian: gubernur jenderal
• Italian: governatore generale m
• Japanese: 総督 (ja) (そうとく, sōtoku)
• Kazakh: генерал-губернатор (general-gubernator)
• Korean: 총독(總督) (chongdok)
• Malay: gabenor jeneral
• Maltese: gvern ġenerali
• Portuguese: governador geral m
• Romanian: guvernator general m
• Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор (ru) m (generál-gubernátor)
• Spanish: gobernador general m
• Swedish: generalguvernör (sv) c
• Vietnamese: thống đốc (vi) (總督)

representative of the monarch

• Arabic: حَاكِم عَامّ m (ḥākim ʕāmm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總督／总督 (zh) (zǒngdū)

• Dutch: gouverneur-generaal (nl) m
• Finnish: kenraalikuvernööri (fi)
• French: gouverneur général (fr) m
• German: Generalgouverneur (de) m
• Indonesian: gubernur jenderal
• Irish: fear ionaid rí m
• Italian: governatore generale m
• Japanese: 総督 (ja) (そうとく, sōtoku)
• Kazakh: генерал-губернатор (general-gubernator)
• Korean: 총독(總督) (chongdok)
• Malay: gabenor jeneral
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generalguvernør m

  Nynorsk: generalguvernør m

• Portuguese: governador geral m
• Romanian: guvernator general m
• Russian: генера́л-губерна́тор (ru) m (generál-gubernátor)
• Spanish: gobernador general m
• Vietnamese: thống đốc (vi) (總督)

See also

• governor
• lieutenant governor
• lord lieutenant
• viceroy