GOVERNOR

Definitions

1. 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. "The governor of the town." Shak.
2. 2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
3. 3. A pilot; a steersman. [R.]
4. 4. A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.