Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cogovernor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: co-gov-er-nor
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who governs something together with someone else

Example Sentences

"Students[…] are cogovernors in the Assembly of Shimer College (which sets policy under the board of trustees and is constituted as "a participatory democracy"), and cosustainers of the college's day-to-day operations."

Etymology

From co- + governor.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: co

Inflected Forms

cogovernors (plural)

Questions

What does cogovernor mean?: Someone who governs something together with someone else
Where does cogovernor come from?: From co- + governor.

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