governor general

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A governor who has under him subordinate or deputy governors; a viceroy: as, the governorgeneral of Canada.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Canada, Australia An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
• noun politics An official in a similar position in other countries.

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• noun a governor of high rank