gouverneur général - meaning and definition. What is gouverneur général
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What (who) is gouverneur général - definition

VICE-REGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A MONARCH IN AN INDEPENDENT REALM OR A MAJOR COLONIAL STATE
Governor General; Representative of the Crown; Governor general; Governors-General; Govenor General; Governors General; Governorate General; General Governor; General-Governor; General gubernator; General Governorship; Governador-Geral; Gouverneur général; Government-General; Governor-Generalship; Governer General; Governer-General; Gouverneur general; Gov gen; Governor-General of the United States; Governors-general; Governor-General; Governor-general of the United States; GovGen; Governor-General of Crete
  • New Zealand]] respectively, with their spouses in 2021

Governor General         
¦ noun (plural Governors General) the chief representative of the Crown in a Commonwealth country of which the British monarch is head of state.
Governor general         
·- A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
Governor-General         
(Governors-General)
A Governor-General is a person who is sent to a former British colony as the chief representative of Britain. (BRIT)
...the former Governor-General of New Zealand.
N-COUNT: oft the N of n

Wikipedia

Governor-general

Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy to represent the monarch of a personal union in any sovereign state over which the monarch does not normally reign in person. Governors-general have also previously been appointed in respect of major colonial states or other territories held by either a monarchy or republic, such as Japan in Korea and France in Indochina.