lieutenant governor

noun

: a deputy or subordinate governor: such as

a

: an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of an American state

b

: the formal head of the government of a Canadian province appointed by the federal government as the representative of the crown

lieutenant governorship noun

Examples of lieutenant governor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her appointment as interim president by the FIU Board of Trustees fewer than three weeks ago came in Nuñez’s seventh year as lieutenant governor under DeSantis, and required the demotion of Kenneth Jessell, a longtime FIU administrator serving as president since 2022. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025

Hosemann is serving his second term as lieutenant governor. —Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025

After all, the last time there was a serious governmental stalemate, then-Gov. David Paterson took the novel approach of simply appointing a lieutenant governor, which had never been done before. —Jerry Goldfeder, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025

She is expected to face the state’s Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, 60 and a Marine veteran herself. —Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

lieutenant governor

noun

1

: an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of an American state

2

: the formal head of the government of a Canadian province appointed to represent the crown