lieutenant governor

noun

1. a state officer next in rank to a governor, who takes the governor's place in case of the latter's absence, disability, or death.
2. British. a deputy governor.
3. the executive officer of a Canadian province appointed by the governor general.

lieutenant governor

noun

1. a deputy governor
2. (in the US) an elected official who acts as deputy to a state governor and succeeds him if he dies
3. lieutenant-governor (in Canada) the representative of the Crown in a province: appointed by the federal government acting for the Crown

Other Words From

• lieutenant governorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant governor¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Virginia elects its governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 members of the House of Delegates this year.

From Washington Post

Eventually, however, the lieutenant governor stopped interjecting.

From Washington Post

At age 33, the lieutenant governor now may have Washington on his mind.

From Ozy

It’s not every day that Arizona’s secretary of state or Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor approaches household-name status.

From Washington Post

Fischbach served as the state’s lieutenant governor and, before that, as president of the Minnesota Senate.

From FiveThirtyEight

In 2010, he finished second with 39 percent in the race for lieutenant governor.

From The Daily Beast

He ran on a serious one-issue platform: eliminate the office of lieutenant governor.

From The Daily Beast

Lots of people did that, but Greeley wanted to be governor or lieutenant governor or congressman.

From The Daily Beast

Recent polls put Republican former lieutenant governor James “Duke” Aiona over his Democratic opponent by seven points.

From The Daily Beast

David Dewhurst, Texas's Lieutenant Governor, is making a last minute appeal to voters using a disco song.

From The Daily Beast

He was a member of the first provincial congress, and eighteen years lieutenant governor of the state of New York.

From Project Gutenberg

His last public service was performed in the defence of Hamburgh, where he was lieutenant governor.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1884 the lieutenant governor was created governor and commander-in-chief, and rendered independent of Jamaica.

From Project Gutenberg

The ex-lieutenant governor walked slowly toward the ring of men.

From Project Gutenberg

At New York the lieutenant-governor, encouraged by the presence of the king's troops, tried to secure the stamps sent to the town.

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