"governor general" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/ [General-American], /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/ [New-Zealand], [ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ] [New-Zealand] Audio: EN-AU ck1 governor general.ogg [Australia] Forms: governors general [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|governors general}} 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. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Heads of state, People Synonyms: GG [abbreviation], G-G [abbreviation], G.G. [abbreviation], G.-G. [abbreviation], G. G. [abbreviation], governor-general Related terms: governor, lieutenant governor, lord lieutenant, viceroy Translations (governor or viceroy possessing some military authority): حَاكِم عَامّ (ḥākim ʕāmm) [masculine] (Arabic), 總督 (Chinese Mandarin), 总督 (zǒngdū) (Chinese Mandarin), gouverneur-generaal [masculine] (Dutch), kenraalikuvernööri (Finnish), gouverneur général [masculine] (French), Generalgouverneur [masculine] (German), gubernur jenderal (Indonesian), governatore generale [masculine] (Italian), 総督 (sōtoku) (alt: そうとく) (Japanese), генерал-губернатор (general-gubernator) (Kazakh), 총독 (chongdok) (alt: 總督) (Korean), gabenor jeneral (Malay), gvern ġenerali (Maltese), governador geral [masculine] (Portuguese), guvernator general [masculine] (Romanian), генера́л-губерна́тор (generál-gubernátor) [masculine] (Russian), gobernador general [masculine] (Spanish), generalguvernör [common-gender] (Swedish), thống đốc (alt: 總督) (Vietnamese) Translations (representative of the monarch): حَاكِم عَامّ (ḥākim ʕāmm) [masculine] (Arabic), 總督 (Chinese Mandarin), 总督 (zǒngdū) (Chinese Mandarin), gouverneur-generaal [masculine] (Dutch), kenraalikuvernööri (Finnish), gouverneur général [masculine] (French), Generalgouverneur [masculine] (German), gubernur jenderal (Indonesian), fear ionaid rí [masculine] (Irish), governatore generale [masculine] (Italian), 総督 (sōtoku) (alt: そうとく) (Japanese), генерал-губернатор (general-gubernator) (Kazakh), 총독 (chongdok) (alt: 總督) (Korean), gabenor jeneral (Malay), generalguvernør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), generalguvernør [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), governador geral [masculine] (Portuguese), guvernator general [masculine] (Romanian), генера́л-губерна́тор (generál-gubernátor) [masculine] (Russian), gobernador general [masculine] (Spanish), thống đốc (alt: 總督) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-governor_general-en-noun-ZLCu6VHK Disambiguation of Heads of state: 80 20 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms where the adjective follows the noun, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'governor or viceroy possessing some military authority': 69 31 Disambiguation of 'representative of the monarch': 91 9
  2. (politics) An official in a similar position in other countries. Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-governor_general-en-noun-wRWB6vCC Topics: government, politics

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      "glosses": [
        "An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "British",
          "British"
        ],
        [
          "Commonwealth",
          "Commonwealth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Canada",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1831, United States Congress, Congressional Edition, Volume 203, page 5",
          "text": "The practice and usage have been recognised in a variety of instances by the Governors General of Louisiana.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1922, Philippines Gobernador-General, Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, John Whitney Hall, The Cambridge History of Japan: Heian Japan, page 246",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An official in a similar position in other countries."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) An official in a similar position in other countries."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ]",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 governor general.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/EN-AU_ck1_governor_general.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_governor_general.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/EN-AU_ck1_governor_general.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "GG"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "G-G"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "G.G."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "G.-G."
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "G. G."
    },
    {
      "word": "governor-general"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥākim ʕāmm",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَاكِم عَامّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "總督"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǒngdū",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "总督"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gouverneur-generaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "kenraalikuvernööri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gouverneur général"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Generalgouverneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "gubernur jenderal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "governatore generale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうとく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōtoku",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "総督"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "general-gubernator",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "генерал-губернатор"
    },
    {
      "alt": "總督",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chongdok",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "총독"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "gabenor jeneral"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "gvern ġenerali"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "governador geral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guvernator general"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "generál-gubernátor",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "генера́л-губерна́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gobernador general"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "generalguvernör"
    },
    {
      "alt": "總督",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "governor or viceroy possessing some military authority",
      "word": "thống đốc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥākim ʕāmm",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَاكِم عَامّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "總督"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǒngdū",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "总督"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gouverneur-generaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "kenraalikuvernööri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gouverneur général"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Generalgouverneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "gubernur jenderal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fear ionaid rí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "governatore generale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうとく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōtoku",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "総督"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "general-gubernator",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "генерал-губернатор"
    },
    {
      "alt": "總督",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chongdok",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "총독"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "gabenor jeneral"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "generalguvernør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "generalguvernør"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "governador geral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guvernator general"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "generál-gubernátor",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "генера́л-губерна́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gobernador general"
    },
    {
      "alt": "總督",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "representative of the monarch",
      "word": "thống đốc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "governor general"
}

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