Home › Words › A › archgovernorarchgovernorarchgovernor means A chief governor.EtymologyFrom arch- + governor.nounA chief governor.e.g.“What then shall I say here, O ye principal posts of religion, O ye archgovernors of Christ’s church?” — 1848, John Jewel, Richard William Jelf, The Works of John Jewel, page 524:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archking 69% match — A chief king. vs archgovernor →archchancellor 68% match — chief chancellor vs archgovernor →archconspirator 67% match — A chief conspirator. vs archgovernor →archon 67% match — A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. vs archgovernor →archbish 66% match — An archbishop. vs archgovernor →archchamberlain 66% match — A chief chamberlain; a secular royal officer of the Holy Roman Empire, whose was elected by the Elector of Brandenburg vs archgovernor →archprelate 66% match — An archbishop or other chief prelate. vs archgovernor →archbishopry 65% match — The office of archbishop. vs archgovernor →