how to pronounce governor

/ˈɡʌv.ən.əɹ/

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governor is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of governor in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a governor they chair who've been the …”

meaning of governor

Governor is a person who governs a state or province.

governor frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word governor occurs in english on average 23.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics governor can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that governor can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;