Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation governor
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of government.
- noun An abbreviation of
governor as a title.
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- abbreviation Governor
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Examples
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Ed Lawlor, a 52-year-old elementary-school teacher from Kenosha, grew angry as he spoke about what he called Gov.
State Plans Anger Unions Kris Maher 2011
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This will insure that Walker is a one term Gov., assuming he isn't recalled first, and will be a career ending move for many of the GOP Senators.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said rather than chasing the multimillion dollar corporations, the city now is opting for homegrown enterprises - a term Gov.
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Governor-elect Bob McDonnell has just released a statement in which he terms Gov.
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LOS ANGELES — Meg Whitman, the billionaire former eBay chief executive who poured tens of millions of her own fortune into her first-time bid for political office, easily won the Republican primary for California governor Tuesday, advancing to face a Democratic icon, former two-term Gov.
Meg Whitman WINS California Republican Gubernatorial Primary 2010
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McDonald is being very effective in expressing the beliefs of the Republican Party, The Tea Party, 1/2 term Gov.
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UPDATE: It's now becoming clear that Gibb's attempt to label Gov.
Miles Mogulescu: Fire Robert Gibbs...Or At Least Make Him Apologize to Howard Dean 2009
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The Republican Party is imploding: many laughed as term Gov.
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Since Sen. Byrd and Sen. Rockefeller control West Virginia and the Gov. is a Democrat as well, then they should instigate their own mine safety rules with underground safe rooms for miners like Canada, but I doubt they would do it since mining companies give them fat donations/bribes!
Think Progress » Conservative Lawmakers Shaft Mine Safety 2006
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But if I thought it best for you I'd haul him back; I swear as an honest man, I would bring him back with all his obsequious ways and deferential airs, and let you see the man you call your Gov. melt for ever into him who was your servant.
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