Meanings
nouncogovernor (plural cogovernors)
plural cogovernors
- Someone who governs something together with someone else
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.
1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010
Origin
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APA
cogovernor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogovernor
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“cogovernor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogovernor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cogovernor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogovernor.
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