Full Idea
I call 'government' or supreme administration the legitimate exercise of executive power; I call 'prince' or magistrate the man or body charged with that administration.
Gist of Idea
I call the executive power the 'government', which is the 'prince' - a single person, or a group
Source
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract (tr Cress) [1762], III.01)
Book Reference
Rousseau,Jean-Jacques: 'The Basic Political Writings', ed/tr. Cress,Donald A. [Hackett 1987], p.174
A Reaction
Whether the prince is one person or many is left up to the legislative body, which is the general will. Rousseau has no view on the matter.