lieutenant governor

lieutenant governor
lieutenant governorship.
1. a state officer next in rank to a governor, who takes the governor's place in case of the latter's absence, disability, or death.
2. Brit. a deputy governor.
3. the executive officer of a Canadian province appointed by the governor general.
[1585-95]

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