governors
- 1Plural of governor.
The governors signed a joint agreement on regional water sharing.
Several governors petitioned the federal government for disaster relief.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s, that carries every meaning of the singular. Besides heads of states and provinces, it can name the members of a bank's or public agency's governing body, known together as the board of governors, or the feedback devices that regulate a machine. Context tells them apart: governors sign agreements, sit on boards, or are fitted to engines.
governors is a form of governor
governor, noun: The official who heads the government of a state, province, territory, or colony, either elected, as in US states, or appointed to represent a monarch or central government. Full entry
- Forms
- governorgovernors plural
- Spelling
- governor → governors: add -s
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