noun The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
noun A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
noun A member of a decision-making body (such as a committee) for a larger organization or entity (including some public agencies), similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
noun Term of address to a man.
noun A superior, especially a boss, an employer, or a superior police officer.
noun Synonym of father.
noun A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
noun One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.