Synonym of the word GOVERNOR

n. (politics) The chief executive officer of a province or provincial-level division of a country.
n. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
n. A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to…
n. (informal) father.
n. (informal) Boss, employer.
n. (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
n. (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
n. (nautical) A pilot; a steersman.

v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

n. One who controls something.
n. Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
n. (business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
n. (computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral…
n. (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain…
n. (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
n. (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics).
n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part…

n. One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.
n. Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career.
n. A politically active or interested person.
n. A sly or ingratiating person.

n. A device that controls or limits something.
n. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
n. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
n. (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
n. (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.

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