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An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Examples
- 2003, The Far East and Australasia 2003, Europa Publications, page 122, The legislative power of the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a Federal Parliament, consisting of HM the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), a Senate, and a House of Representatives.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An official in a similar position in other countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Nikolai Bobrikov served as governor-general of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1898 until his untimely death in 1904.
- 2007, Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895—1945, Murray A. Rubinstein (editor), Taiwan: A New History, page 222, In the meantime the Taiwan governors-general were gradually brought under closer supervision of the home government in Tokyo.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A zongdu.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
генерал-губернатор
(general-gubernator)
— commonwealth official
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Catalan:
governador general
— commonwealth official
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Chinese Mandarin:
總督 /总督
(zǒngdū)
— commonwealth official
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Czech:
generální guvernér
— commonwealth official
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Danish:
generalguvernør
— commonwealth official
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Dutch:
gouverneur-generaal
— commonwealth official
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Finnish:
kenraalikuvernööri
— commonwealth official
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French:
gouverneur général
— commonwealth official
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French:
gouverneure générale
— commonwealth official
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Georgian:
გენერალ-გუბერნატორი
(general-gubernaṭori)
— commonwealth official
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German:
Generalgouverneur
— commonwealth official
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Greek:
γενικός κυβερνήτης
(genikós kyvernítis)
— commonwealth official
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Hungarian:
főkormányzó
— commonwealth official
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Italian:
governatore generale
— commonwealth official
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Japanese:
総督
(sōtoku)
— commonwealth official
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Khmer:
អគ្គទេសាភិបាល
(a’kea’ teesaaphi’baal)
— commonwealth official
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Korean:
총독
(chongdok)
— commonwealth official
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Malay:
gabenor jeneral
— commonwealth official
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Maltese:
Gvernatur Ġenerali
— commonwealth official
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Māori:
kāwana-tianara
— commonwealth official
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Norman:
gouvèrneux-général
— commonwealth official
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Norwegian Bokmål:
generalguvernør
— commonwealth official
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
generalguvernør
— commonwealth official
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Polish:
gubernator generalny
— commonwealth official
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Polish:
generalny gubernator
— commonwealth official
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Portuguese:
governador-geral
— commonwealth official
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Romanian:
guvernator general
— commonwealth official
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Russian:
генера́л-губерна́тор
(generál-gubernátor)
— commonwealth official
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Slovak:
generálny guvernér
— commonwealth official
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Spanish:
gobernador general
— commonwealth official
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Swedish:
generalguvernör
— commonwealth official
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Ukrainian:
генера́л-губерна́тор
(henerál-hubernátor)
— commonwealth official
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Vietnamese:
tổng đốc
— commonwealth official
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Chinese Mandarin:
總督 /总督
(zǒngdū)
— similar official in other countries
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Finnish:
kenraalikuvernööri
— similar official in other countries
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Georgian:
გენერალ-გუბერნატორი
(general-gubernaṭori)
— similar official in other countries
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German:
Generalgouverneur
— similar official in other countries
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Japanese:
総督
(sōtoku)
— similar official in other countries
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Khmer:
អគ្គទេសាភិបាល
(a’kea’ teesaaphi’baal)
— similar official in other countries
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Korean:
총독
(chongdok)
— similar official in other countries
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Portuguese:
governador-geral
— similar official in other countries
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Russian:
генера́л-губерна́тор
(generál-gubernátor)
— similar official in other countries
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Spanish:
gobernador general
— similar official in other countries
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Vietnamese:
tổng đốc
— similar official in other countries
