Definition of "military governor" []

• The head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "At the end of a fortnight, therefore, the military governor of Berlin, old Field Marshal Count Pape, declared to his majesty that he would do well to immediately set Baron Kotze at liberty, since there was no adequate ground for keeping him under arrest."
• "Dr. Leonard Wood's dizzy ascent from captain in the Medical Corps to brigadier general and military governor of Cuba was known to everyone."
• "General Leonard Wood, the handsome, energetic military governor of Cuba, was making everyone work so hard that the Cu - bans were poking good-natured fun at him with a rueful rhyme."