See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, See also:

• LAT

Lat. gubernare, to See also:

• STEER, PAUL WILSON (186o– )

steer a See also:

• SHIP

ship, to See also:

• DIRECT

direct, See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide)  , in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, one who governs or exercises authority; specifically, an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official appointed to govern a See also:

• DISTRICT

district, See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, See also:

• TOWN

town, &c . In See also:

• BRITISH

British colonies or dependencies the representative of the See also:

• CROWN

crown is termed a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor . Colonial See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors are classed as governors-general, governors and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governors, according to the status of the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony or See also:

• GROUP

group of colonies over which they preside . Their See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers vary according to the position which they occupy . In all cases they represent the authority of the crown . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States (q.v.) the official at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of every See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government is called a governor .