Boss; employer; gaffer.
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.
A pilot; a steersman.
Father.
The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.
The administrator of an opera house or theater.
A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.