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lieutenant governor
noun
- 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.
- British. a deputy governor.
- the executive officer of a Canadian province appointed by the governor general.
lieutenant governor
noun
- a deputy governor
- (in the US) an elected official who acts as deputy to a state governor and succeeds him if he dies
- lieutenant-governor (in Canada) the representative of the Crown in a province: appointed by the federal government acting for the Crown
Other Words From
- lieutenant governorship noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of lieutenant governor1
Example Sentences
Virginia elects its governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 members of the House of Delegates this year.
Eventually, however, the lieutenant governor stopped interjecting.
At age 33, the lieutenant governor now may have Washington on his mind.
It’s not every day that Arizona’s secretary of state or Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor approaches household-name status.
Fischbach served as the state’s lieutenant governor and, before that, as president of the Minnesota Senate.
In 2010, he finished second with 39 percent in the race for lieutenant governor.
He ran on a serious one-issue platform: eliminate the office of lieutenant governor.
Lots of people did that, but Greeley wanted to be governor or lieutenant governor or congressman.
Recent polls put Republican former lieutenant governor James “Duke” Aiona over his Democratic opponent by seven points.
David Dewhurst, Texas's Lieutenant Governor, is making a last minute appeal to voters using a disco song.
He was a member of the first provincial congress, and eighteen years lieutenant governor of the state of New York.
His last public service was performed in the defence of Hamburgh, where he was lieutenant governor.
In 1884 the lieutenant governor was created governor and commander-in-chief, and rendered independent of Jamaica.
The ex-lieutenant governor walked slowly toward the ring of men.
At New York the lieutenant-governor, encouraged by the presence of the king's troops, tried to secure the stamps sent to the town.
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