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Governorship

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The office, term, or jurisdiction of a governor.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The office, or the term of a governor.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The office of a governor.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The office of governor.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the office of governor

Word Usage

"One of the unfortunate side effects of the single-term governorship is that the governor responsible for a decision is rarely still the governor when the consequences of the decision become adverse."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

office billet position berth post

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

regency vicegerency prefecture

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

captain general governor general notary-public plenipotentiary reëlection