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gubernator en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

* From Latin gubernātor (“governor”), from gubernō (“to govern”) + -tor, thus a doublet of governor. * Alternatively a back-formation from gubernatorial, from same Latin source.

Meanings

1. Leader.
   • The Egyptians, when they introduce God under the Symbolic Image of one that governes a Ship, thereby signifie his Domination and Empire as Gubernator of the Universe. For as a Gubernator of a Ship […] 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, page 469:
   • Marcus Minutius Mude, a soldier of the sixth legion victorious, in performance of a vow, dedicated the altar to the African, Italian, Gallican (Goddesses, the) Mothers, to the Gubernator of the Sixth Legion. The writer confessed there was some inconsistency in the dedications to the Matres, &c., and to the Gubernator; […] 1863, John McCaul, Britanno-Roman Inscriptions: With Critical Notes, page 222:

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gubernator en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Variant of governator, mocking Arnold Schwarzenegger's use of the term.

Meanings

1. (humorous) A US state governor.
   • And that is encouraging, because it’s nice to know that if you use Trump tactics in a Virginia gubernatorial election, you do not get to be gubernator. 2017, Tim Carvell [et al.], Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 30, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
   • So what test did Gubernator Perry pass to became such a brain dead dipshit? 2013 May 24, ChasNemo, “Texas Sheriff Exam ...”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet):
   • So, why don't we send the gubernator back to Austria,[…]and sponsor a collective effort to repeal the Loud Pipes Law and that ludicrous Healthcare Abomination. 2010 September 30, Hagar, “California's Gubernator caves ...”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet):
   • Stanford poll: Terminator in lead to become gubernator 2003 September, “Stanford poll: Terminator in lead to become gubernator”, in Silicon Valley Business Journal, title:

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gubernatorial