Gubernator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 […]"

  2. 2
    A US state governor. humorous

    "Stanford poll: Terminator in lead to become gubernator"

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governor

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"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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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