Collocations withgovernor
These are words often used in combination withgovernor.
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acting governor
The officers acted under the authority of the acting governor.
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colonial governor
This was just about within the competence of a colonial governor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
deputy governor
Not only he, but, as he recounted, also the parents of the young man, the godfather, and finally the local deputy governor (teniente gobernador) had talked to the man.
From theCambridge English Corpus
elected governor
There are 47 prefectures, each with a powerful directly elected governor and a prefectural assembly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
provincial governor
The three exceptions are the women married to a mariner, a shipwright and a provincial governor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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