lieutenant governor
lieutenant governor
nounDefinition of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
: a deputy or subordinate governor: as a : an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of an American state b : the formal head of the government of a Canadian province appointed by the federal government as the representative of the crown
— lieutenant governorship noun
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