governor vs kaymakam

governor

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

  • 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. 

  • Boss; employer; gaffer. 

kaymakam

noun
  • An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent. 

  • Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century. 

  • A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments. 

  • An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent. 

  • An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states. 

  • A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon. 

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