A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the
Head of state. The title also applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a
chartered company which has been granted exercise of sovereignty in a colonial area, such as the British
HEIC or the Dutch
VOC. Sometimes these companies operate as a major state within a state with its own armed forces.
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