governor-general-in-council

== English == === Etymology === From governor-general + in council. === Noun === governor-general-in-council (plural governor-generals-in-council) (Commonwealth, politics) The governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions. === References === “governor-general-in-council”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.