lieutenant governor

American  

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.

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lieutenant governor British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• lieutenant governorship
  noun

Etymology

Origin of lieutenant governor

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Lieutenant governor at the time, Ivey was catapulted to the state’s top office when Robert Bentley resigned amid scandal in 2017.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2022

Mr. Curtis declared Monday that has decided to run as an independent candidate for governor of Kentucky, with his wife Heather running for Lieutenant governor.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2015

Lieutenant governor since 2007, Brown has always been about discipline and detail.

From Washington Post

Lieutenant governor of Minnesota when he was 28, Donnelly was a Republican Congressman at 32, held that post throughout the Civil War.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charlotte Lennox was the daughter of Sir James Ramsay, Lieutenant governor of New York, where she was born in 1720.

From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard