Mayor vs. Governor

Mayornoun

The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.

Mayornoun

By restriction, a male municipal leader

Mayornoun

(historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France

Mayornoun

The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief administrative officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge. The post is usually elective, its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city.

Mayornoun

the head of a city government

Mayornoun

(in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) the head of a town, borough, or county council, elected by council members and generally having purely ceremonial duties.

Mayornoun

(in the US, Canada, and certain other countries) the head of a municipal corporation, elected by the public.

Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated.

Governornoun

(politics) The chief executive officer of a province or provincial-level division of a country.

Governornoun

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

Governornoun

A member of a decision-making for an 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.

Governornoun

(informal) father.

Governornoun

(informal) Boss, employer.

Governornoun

(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.

Governornoun

(dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

Governornoun

(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.

Governornoun

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania.

Governornoun

One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

Governornoun

A pilot; a steersman.

Governornoun

A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

Governornoun

the head of a state government

Governornoun

a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

Governornoun

an official appointed to govern a town or region.

Governornoun

the elected executive head of a state of the US.

Governornoun

the representative of the British Crown in a colony or in a Commonwealth state that regards the monarch as head of state.

Governornoun

the head of a public institution

Governornoun

a member of a governing body.

Governornoun

the person in authority; one's employer.

Governornoun

a device automatically regulating the supply of fuel, steam, or water to a machine, ensuring uniform motion or limiting speed.

Governor

A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, governor may be the title of a politician who governs a constituent state and may be either appointed or elected.