governor
/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə/
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American sound/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə/
governor
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go - ver - nor -> governor
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governor / 'gʌvǝnǝ(r) / n
၁။ (က) (Brit ) ဘုရင်ခံ။ a colonial/ provincial governor. (ခ) ပြည်နယ် အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးမှူး။ the Governor of New York State.
၂။ (Brit ) (က) အဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ခုခု၏ အကြီး အကဲ။ a prison governor ❍ the governor of the Bank of England. (ခ) အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအဖွဲ့ဝင်။ အာဏာပိုင်အဖွဲ့ဝင်။ a school governor ❍ the board of governors of a college/ hospital.
၃။ (Brit infml ) (က) (also guvnor /'gʌvnǝ(r) /) ဆရာ။ သူဌေး။ ဖခင်။ I shall have to ask permission from the governor. (ခ) (also guv /gʌv /, guvnor ) ဆရာ။ Can I see your ticket, guvnor?
❏ Governor-General n (pl Governors-General or Governor-Generals ) ဘုရင်ခံချုပ်။ the Governor-General of Canada.
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