first officer vs governor

first officer

noun
  • The copilot of an aircraft. 

  • Air Transport Auxiliary rank corresponding to Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. 

  • Women's Royal Naval Service rank corresponding to Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy. 

  • The chief mate of a merchant ship. 

  • The executive officer, second in command of a naval vessel. 

  • The most senior civil servant in the United States Foreign Service, with responsibility for running an embassy under the authority of and reporting to the ambassador. 

governor

noun
  • A pilot; a steersman. 

  • A constituent of a phrase that governs another. 

  • A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback. 

  • A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors. 

  • Father. 

  • Boss; employer; gaffer. 

  • The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country. 

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