governor general
noun
governor-generalship
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a word derived from
governor general.
Example Sentences
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To give further assurance that Formosans were no longer to be treated like stepchildren, Nanking abolished the governor-generalship outright.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ghulam Mohammad succeeded to the governor-generalship when Nazimuddin stepped down in 1951.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first governor, Guy Carleton, was Irish, and his subsequent governor-generalship as Lord Dorchester did much to make Canada loyal to Great Britain.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
The private record of an Indian governor-generalship; the correspondence of Sir John Shore, governor-general, with Henry Dundas, president of the Board of Control, 1793-1798.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
He twice refused the offer of the governor-generalship of India.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
