gubernator

English

Etymology

Back-formation of gubernatorial, from Latin gubernātor (“governor”), from gubernō (“govern”), +‎ -ial.

Noun

gubernator (plural gubernators)

(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, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 30, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, 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.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈnaː.tor/, [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.tɔr]
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Noun

gubernātor m (genitive gubernātōris); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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

descendants

Asturian: gobernador, gobernaor
Corsican: guvernatore, guvernadore
Czech: guvernér
Emilian: gvernatåur
English: gubernatorial
Finnish: kuvernööri
Franco-Provençal: govèrnor
Friulian: guviernadôr
Galician: gobernador
Istriot: guvarnadur
Italian: governatore
Ladin: goernador
Ladino: gobernador
Lombard: governatur
Mirandese: gobernador
Old Catalan: governador
- Catalan: governador
Old French: gouvreneur
- Middle English: governour
  - English: governor
    - Bahamian Creole: governor
    - Belizean Creole: govna
    - Gullah: gobna
    - Krio: governor
    - Pichinglis: gɔvna, gɔbna
    - Pijin: gavna
    - Tobagonian Creole English: governor
- Middle French: gouverneur
  - French: gouverneur
    - Antillean Creole: gouvènè
    - Dutch: gouverneur
    - German: Gouverneur
    - Louisiana Creole French: gouvènœr, gouvnœr, gouvèrnè, gouvèrnen, gouvèrnèr
    - Seychellois Creole: gouverner
- Norman: gouvernaeux, gouverneux (Guernsey), gouvèrneux (Jersey)
- Walloon: gouverneûr

Piedmontese: guvernatur
Portuguese: governador
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: gubernadur
- Indo-Portuguese: governador
- Kabuverdianu: guvernador
- Principense: govenadô
- Sãotomense: govenadô
- Tetum: governadór
Romanian: guvernator
Romansch: guvernatur
Russian: губернатор (gubernator)
Sabir: gobernator
Sardinian: cuberradore
Sicilian: governaturi
Slovak: guvernér
Spanish: gobernador
- Chavacano: gobernador
- Papiamentu: gobernador

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, 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

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