gobernador

Definitions of gobernador
  1. noun
    the head of a state government
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    gobernador general
    a governor of high rank
    procónsul
    a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
    sátrapa
    a governor of a province in ancient Persia
    virrey
    governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
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    político
    a leader engaged in civil administration
  2. noun
    a person who rules or commands
    synonyms: gobernante
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    Mesías
    the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
    Atila
    king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)
    Catalina II La Grande
    empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
    Carlos I El Grande
    king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
    Adolf Hitler
    German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
    Napoleón Bonaparte
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    Victoria
    queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
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    borbón
    a member of the European royal family that ruled France
    califa
    the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
    dictador, potentado
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    emir
    an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
    magnate
    a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
    oligarca
    one of the rulers in an oligarchy
    señor
    a person who has general authority over others
    faraón
    the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
    regente
    someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
    dinastía
    a hereditary ruler
    jeque
    the leader of an Arab village or family
    soberano
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
    sultán
    the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
    czar, zar
    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
    emperador
    the male ruler of an empire
    monarca, rey
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
    cha, sah, sha, shah
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
    Shogun
    a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
    autócrata, déspota, tirano
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
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    alma, humano, individuo, mortal, persona, ser humano
    a human being
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