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governor-in-chief

• 1 n. Hist. the representative of the monarch in executive control in one of the provinces of British North America; in modern use, the representative appointed on the advice of the Canadian government to act on behalf of the Queen (or King) of Canada.

  See also: governor general  

  • 1823  His Excellency the Governor in Chief, the Earl of Dalhousie . . . arrived at Halifax on the 3d inst. from Quebec.
  • 1839  Yesterday morning, his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and suite left this city on his way to the Upper Province.

• 2 n. the principal officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada.

  See also: governor (def. 2)  

  • 1962  The business in Canada was to be carried on by a governor-in-chief with a council of chief factors. Some of the shares were distributed among the chief factors, the chief traders, and retiring partners.