governour
Middle English
/ɡuvɛrˈnuːr/
noun
Definitions
- An administrator or leader; one who heads and/or manages a group of people.
- Someone who protects, safeguards, or acts as a guardian used of God or people
- A helmsman; an individual who guides or directs a seafaring vessel.
- (rare) God as the judger of fate and decider of destiny.
- (rare) An individual who restrains oneself from base urges.
- (physiology) A body part which controls other body parts.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gouvreneur derived from Latin gubernātor (governor, leader) affix from Middle English governen.
Origin
Middle English
governen
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cogovernor English
- govern English
- governess English
- governor English
- governorate English
- governoress English
- governorly English
- governorship English
- gubernator English
- subgovernor English
- gubernator Latin
- gubernatrix Latin
- gubernātor Latin
- gouverneur French
- gobernador Spanish, Castilian
- govenour Middle English
- governaunce Middle English
- governement Middle English
- governen Middle English
- governeresse Middle English
- governynge Middle English
- gouvreneur Old French
- governer Old French
- governeresse Old French
- గవర్నరు Telugu
- gabenor Malay
- gouverneur Middle French
- gavana Swahili
- gavana Tok Pisin
- kāwana Maori
- gwamna Hausa