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Definition of Governors
1. governor [n] - See also: governor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governors
Literary usage of Governors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The Roman provinces of the Roman empire were governors, divided into consular and
... For the appointment of governors in the senatorial provinces, ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"BOARD OF governors, 1. The original Board of governors shall consist of the ...
The members of this first Board of governors shall also be known as the ..."
3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer, James M. Moorsom, Alexander Mortimer, Henry Holroyd, John Edward Hall, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1876)
"He held his office at the discretion, lona fide exercised, of the governors: see
Beg. v. governors of Darlington School (1). [He referred also to Reg. v. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"The plan of the House of governors is so simple that its essence can be given in
the brief phrasing in which the idea was first set forth nearly four years ..."
5. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1907)
"Provincial governors in the United States, between 1776 and 1782, ... These American
governors were not professional placemen, appointed from above, ..."
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