lieutenant governor

noun

: a deputy or subordinate governor: such as
a
: an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of an American state
b
: the formal head of the government of a Canadian province appointed by the federal government as the representative of the crown
lieutenant governorship noun

Examples of lieutenant governor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Duncan served as Georgia's lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2023. Rick Klein, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024 The last exception to that came in 2014, when former Republican Bill Walker ran with the leading Democrat as his lieutenant governor and won the governorship of Alaska running as an independent unity ticket. Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 Newsom, who was then serving as California’s lieutenant governor, reported an undisclosed amount of income from Flynn’s company that year. Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024 Strategic regularly makes four- and five-figure philanthropic donations to local causes; New York’s lieutenant governor cut the ribbon at its Buffalo office opening. Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024 The current District 42 representative, Democrat Rachel Hunt, is running for lieutenant governor. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024 King unsuccessfully sought positions as Republican lieutenant governor in 2022, Milwaukee mayor in 2020, Milwaukee Common Council District 9 in 2016, and the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014, among others. Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024 The state’s lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, won the Republican nomination for governor. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024 Robinson assumed office as North Carolina lieutenant governor in 2021, becoming the state’s first black American to hold the office. Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lieutenant governor was in 1595

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“Lieutenant governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20governor. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

lieutenant governor

noun
1
: an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of an American state
2
: the formal head of the government of a Canadian province appointed to represent the crown

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