Governor (disambiguation)

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A governor is an official, usually acting as the executive of a non-sovereign level of government.

Governor may also refer to:

Leadership

• Governor (United States), the head of state and head of government of a US state
• BBC Governor, a member of the former Board of Governors of the BBC
• Governor of the Bank of England, the most senior position in the Bank of England
• Jiedushi, military governors in 8th- to 11th-centuries imperial China
• School governor, a voluntary role in state schools of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Arts and entertainment

• The Governor (The Walking Dead), a fictional character in The Walking Dead comic book series and television series

Technology

• Governor (device), a device that regulates the speed of a machine
• Centrifugal governor, a type of governor that regulates fuel intake to an engine
• The Governor, an application monitoring Blizzard game's Warden client
• The Smith & Wesson Governor is .410 gauge, .45 Colt, and .45 ACP, snubnosed revolver made by Smith & Wesson.

People

• Governor (singer) (Governor Washington, Jr.), American recording artist
• Daffney (Shannon Spruill, born 1975), wrestler with a ring name "The Governor"

Other uses

• Governor (linguistics), a type of syntactic object that has the potential to govern another
• Governor Lake, Nova Scotia, a community in Canada

See also

• Governor Island (disambiguation)
• Governors State University
• The Guv'nor (disambiguation)