gubernator

English

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.

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?
- 2017, Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 30, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
  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.

Related terms

gubernatorial

Latin

Etymology

From gubernō (“to pilot, govern”) + -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈnaː.tor/, [ɡʊbɛrˈnäːt̪ɔr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈna.tor/, [ɡuberˈnäːt̪or]
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Noun

gubernātor m (genitive gubernātōris, feminine gubernātrīx); third declension

Helmsman or pilot of a boat.
- Unknown origin, often attributed to Publilius Syrus (1st Century BCE)
  In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.
  In a calm sea anyone can be the helmsman.
Leader or governor.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gubernātor	gubernātōrēs
Genitive	gubernātōris	gubernātōrum
Dative	gubernātōrī	gubernātōribus
Accusative	gubernātōrem	gubernātōrēs
Ablative	gubernātōre	gubernātōribus
Vocative	gubernātor	gubernātōrēs

Related terms

gubernātrīx

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: govèrnor
Gallo-Italic
- Emilian: gvernatåur
- Lombard: governatur
- Piedmontese: guvernatur
- Sicilian: governaturi
Italo-Dalmatian
- Corsican: guvernatore, guvernadore
- Italian: governatore
- Istriot: guvarnadur
Old French: gouvreneur, governeor, governur
- Middle French: gouverneur
  - French: gouverneur (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle Dutch: gouverneur
    - Dutch: gouverneur
      - Afrikaans: goewerneur
      - Negerhollands: guwerneer
      - → Arawak: gouverneur
      - → Indonesian: gubernur
    - Limburgish: goevernäör
  - → German: Gouverneur
- Norman: gouvernaeux, gouverneux (Guernsey), gouvèrneux (Jersey)
- Walloon: gouverneûr
- → Middle English: governour, governor, governoure, governowre, governur
  - English: governor (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: governour
  - Yola: governere
Old Occitan: governador
- Occitan: governador
- Old Catalan: governador
  - Catalan: governador
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulian: guviernadôr
- Ladin: goernador
- Romansch: guvernatur
Sabir: gobernator
Sardinian: cuberradore
West Iberian
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: gobernador, gobernaor
  - Mirandese: gobernador
- Old Portuguese: governador
  - Galician: gobernador
  - Portuguese: governador (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: gouernador
  - Ladino: gobernador
  - Spanish: gobernador (see there for further descendants)
→ Bulgarian: губернатор (gubernator)
→ English: gubernator
→ Georgian: გუბერნატორი (gubernaṭori)
→ Hindi: गवर्नर (gavarnar)
→ Latvian: gubernators
→ Macedonian: губернатор (gubernator)
→ Polish: gubernator
- → Ukrainian: губерна́тор (hubernátor)
→ Romanian: guvernator
→ Russian: губерна́тор (gubernátor)
→ Tajik: губернатор (gubernator)

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gubernātor, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō). Doublet of guwerner (“tutor”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡu.bɛrˈna.tɔr/
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Rhymes: -atɔr
Syllabification: gu‧ber‧na‧tor

Noun

gubernator m pers

(politics) governor (leader of a region or state)

Declension

Declension of gubernator

	singular	plural
nominative	gubernator	gubernatorzy/gubernatorowie
genitive	gubernatora	gubernatorów
dative	gubernatorowi	gubernatorom
accusative	gubernatora	gubernatorów
instrumental	gubernatorem	gubernatorami
locative	gubernatorze	gubernatorach
vocative	gubernatorze	gubernatorzy/gubernatorowie

Derived terms

adjective

gubernatorski

noun

gubernatorstwo

Descendants

→ Ukrainian: губерна́тор (hubernátor)

gubernator

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Polish

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