governor (n.)

• administrator
• aegis
• agent
• attendant
• backstop
• beg
• bey
• buffer
• bull
• bulwark
• bumper
• burgrave
• captain
• caretaker
• chatelaine
• collector
• commandant
• commander
• conductor
• conservator
• contraceptive
• control
• controller
• copyright
• curator
• cushion
• custodian
• dad
• daddy
• dashboard
• deputy
• director
• dodger
• eparch
• exarch
• executive
• father
• fender
• fuse
• gamekeeper
• gaoler
• genitor
• goggles
• guard
• guardian
• guardrail
• handrail
• helmet
• impresario
• insulation
• interlock
• jailer
• janitor
• keeper
• khedive
• lifeguard
• lifeline
• lifesaver
• manager
• mask
• master
• mudguard
• nabob
• nawab
• pa
• pad
• padding
• palatine
• palladium
• pap
• papa
• patent
• pater
• paterfamilias
• patriarch
• pilot
• pop
• pops
• preventive
• proconsul
• producer
• prophylactic
• provincial
• ranger
• rector
• regulator
• ruler
• safeguard
• safety
• satrap
• screen
• screw
• shepherd
• shield
• sire
• stepfather
• steward
• supercargo
• turnkey
• umbrella
• vali
• viceroy
• warden
• warder
• windscreen
• windshield