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Governor

/ɡˈʌvərnər/
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(noun) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.

Everybody wished he had been elected governor.
The prefectural governor got the upper hand in the July elections.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the state signed the new bill into law during an official ceremony at the capitol building.

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