Governor (disambiguation)
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A governor is an official, usually acting as the executive of a non-sovereign level of government. Governor or The Governor may also refer to:
In leadership
- Governor (United States), the head of state and head of government of a U.S. state
- School governor, a voluntary role in state schools of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- 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
In arts, entertainment, and media
In film and literature
- Governor (Chuck), a device used in the TV series Chuck (TV series)
- The Governor (film) or Vali, a 2009 Turkish film
- The Governor (The Walking Dead), a fictional antagonist named Phillip Blake in The Walking Dead comic book series and television show
- The Governor (TV series), a New Zealand television miniseries about Sir George Grey
In music
- Governor (singer), US R&B artist on the G-Unit Records label
- "Governor", a song from 4am Friday, Avail's 1996 album
- "The Governor", a song from Welcome to Britain, Youth of Britain's 2004 EP
In geography
- Governor Lake, Nova Scotia, a community of in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
In 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
In other uses
- Governor (linguistics), a type of syntactic object that has the potential to govern another
- "The Governor", a ring name of wrestler Daffney (Shannon Spruill)
See also
- Governor Island (disambiguation)
- Governors State University