Noun
gubernator (plural gubernators)
- Leader.
1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, page 469: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 […]
1863, John McCaul, Britanno-Roman Inscriptions: With Critical Notes, page 222: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; […]
- (now humorous) Governor.
2003 September, “Stanford poll: Terminator in lead to become gubernator”, in Silicon Valley Business Journal, title:Stanford poll: Terminator in lead to become gubernator
2010 September 30, Hagar, “California's Gubernator caves ...”, 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.
2013 May 24, ChasNemo, “Texas Sheriff Exam ...”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet):So what test did Gubernator Perry pass to became such a brain dead dipshit?
References
- “gubernator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gubernator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gubernator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gubernator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “gubernator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡu.bɛrˈna.tɔr/
- Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: gu‧ber‧na‧tor
Noun
gubernator m pers
- (politics) governor (leader of a region or state)
Declension
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gubernator |
gubernatorzy/gubernatorowie |
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gubernatora |
gubernatorów |
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gubernatorowi |
gubernatorom |
accusative |
gubernatora |
gubernatorów |
instrumental |
gubernatorem |
gubernatorami |
locative |
gubernatorze |
gubernatorach |
vocative |
gubernatorze |
gubernatorzy/gubernatorowie |
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Further reading
- gubernator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gubernator in Polish dictionaries at PWN