governor general
Monarch's appointed representative
A governor general is the representative of a monarch in a country that recognizes that monarch as head of state.
In Canada, Australia, and other Commonwealth realms, the governor general performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers on behalf of the Crown: The governor general dissolved parliament and called new elections.
Plural: governors general.
One who acts for another
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- head of stateNation's chief representative
diplomat · emissary · proxy · liaison · commissioner · deputy · appointee · dominion
Royal colonial governor
- royal assentMonarch's formal legislative approval
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
state dinner · procession · levee · honours list · patronage · protocol · pageantry · formality
representative
One who acts for another
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- delegateEntrust authority to another
head of state · diplomat · emissary · proxy · liaison · commissioner · deputy · appointee · dominion · Commonwealth
viceroy
Royal colonial governor
- royal assentMonarch's formal legislative approval
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
regalia · state dinner · procession · levee · honours list · patronage · protocol · pageantry · formality · insignia
- colonial rulersviceroy, high commissioner, resident, administrator
- Canadamaple leaf, maple syrup, hockey, beaver, Ottawa
- governmentministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch, ministry
- governorsviceroy, proconsul, satrap, prefect, gubernatorial
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- colonial officialsviceroy, colonial administrator, high commissioner, resident, commissioner
governor generalprime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
premier · head of government · chief executive · elected leader · president
governor generalprovincial governor
Administrator of a subdivision
governor, general, govern, governess, governance, government, governmental, governable, ungovernable