·add. ·- A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle.
·noun A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work. II. Relay ·vt To lay again; to l...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A pilot; a steersman. II. Governor ·noun One who has the care or guardianship of a young man;...
1) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An officer placed by royal commission in command of a fortress, town, or colony. Governors are also ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In the Authorized Version this one English word is the representative of no less than ten Hebrew and...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- In a variable expansion central-valve engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically ad...
·- A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, ...