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military governor

military governor

3 6.7
A person in charge of a place after an army takes control
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɡʌvərnər/
  • Formal
translation icon : gobernador militar
  • During Reconstruction, he headed the Freedman's Bureau in Alabama, became military governor of Alabama, and helped found Talladega, a black college.
  • appointed military governor
  • took command as military governor
  • was put as military governor

Examples

  • I am now the military governor of New Venture.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • " Citizens of the Empire, the current military governor will address you in a few moments.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I now turn you over to the military governor.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • General, I'm with the office of the military governor.

    The Good German (2006)

  • The military governors enjoyed almost absolute control of Arabs' lives.

    Academic text (2001)

  • However, the new Israeli government imposed military governors over Arab citizens in order to limit and control their movements between 1948 and 1966.

    Academic text (2006)

  • "As military governor of New Orleans in 1862, Butler earned a reputation as a corrupt plunderer.

    Blog text (10)

  • At 2am on Friday morning, the newly appointed military governor of Ireland, General Sir John Maxwell, sails up the Liffey into Dublin.

    Blood Freak (1972)

  • He also oversaw the surrender of Savannah in December 1864 and briefly served as the city's military governor.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Leonard Wood was appointed as the military governor of Cuba after the Spanish-American War.

Synonyms

viceroy
vsmilitary governor
  • Formal
16 9.5

A person who rules a land for a king or queen

is instead chosen and run by military forces to control occupied areas
governor general
vsmilitary governor
  • Australian
1 6.5

A person who represents the country's king or queen and does official jobs like signing laws

is installed and governed by armed forces rather than serving ceremonial duties
proconsul
vsmilitary governor
1 9.9

An official in a colony who makes decisions for a foreign government

is installed and run by armed forces rather than civil authorities
stadtholder
vsmilitary governor
  • Archaic
9.9

A chief governor and army leader of the old Dutch Republic

is appointed to rule by military command rather than by civilian bodies

Surface Forms

military governor singular
military governors plural

Morphology

military + governor

The meaning 'head of a government established and administered by the military' is directly derivable from combining 'military' (connected to the armed forces) with 'governor' (a political leader): the adjective specifies the type of governor. This adjective–noun compositional pattern is cross‑linguistically common and follows standard English modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Military governor shows a simple picture: a leader from the military acting as the local governor who runs the area. That's why it means 'the head of a government set up and run by the army, often where the army is in control'.