lieutenant governor

noun

1. a state officer next in rank to a governor, who takes the governor’s place in case of the latter’s absence, disability, or death.
2. British. a deputy governor.
3. the executive officer of a Canadian province appointed by the governor general.

noun

1. a deputy governor
2. (in the US) an elected official who acts as deputy to a state governor and succeeds him if he dies
3. lieutenant-governor (in Canada) the representative of the Crown in a province: appointed by the federal government acting for the Crown