governour

English

Noun

governour (plural governours)

1. Obsolete spelling of governor.

Anagrams

• gouvernor

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• governor, governoure, governowre, governur

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gouvreneur, governeor, from Latin gubernātor; equivalent to governen +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuvɛrˈnuːr/, /ɡuˈvɛrnur/, /ˈɡuvɛrnər/

Noun

governour (plural gouvernours)

1. An administrator or leader; one who heads and/or manages a group of people.
   1. A ruler; one who rules (either supreme or deputy)
   2. An executive or director; one who is in charge of an institution.
   3. A general; one who leads a military force on the battlefield.
   4. One who manages, leads, or supervises a household or mansion.
2. Someone who protects, safeguards, or acts as a guardian (used of God or people)
3. A helmsman; an individual who guides or directs a seafaring vessel.
4. (rare) God as the judger of fate and decider of destiny.
5. (rare) An individual who restrains oneself from base urges.
6. (physiology, rare) A body part which controls other body parts.

Descendants

• English: governor (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: governour

References

• “governǒur (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.