cogovernor

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English

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ governor.

Noun

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cogovernor (plural cogovernors)

  1. Someone who governs something together with someone else
    • 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      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.