Government-General

noun

plural Governments-General

1

: a territory over which a governor-general has jurisdiction

Frenchmen have moved into the Government-General in large numbers

—New York Herald Tribune

2

: a government headed by a governor-general

administrative authority was vested in a Government-General

—A. L. Grey

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