An officer of the court in several European countries who serves processes and notices, seizes and auctions off property, and executes garnishments, levies, and evictions, roughly similar to British bailiffs or private constables in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
The chief executive of a regency
Exercising vicarious authority.
Ruling; governing; regnant.