governor

Signification (Anglais)

1. The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
2. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
3. A member of a decision-making body (such as a committee) for a larger organization or entity (including some public agencies), similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
4. (informal) Father.
5. (informal) Boss; employer; gaffer.
6. (informal) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
7. A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
8. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
9. A pilot; a steersman.

Concepts

gouverneur

dominateur

administrateur

gouverneur général

régulateur de vitesse

tâcheron

governeure

chef d’entreprise

employeur

modèle

patron

dirigeant

souverain

protectrice

boss

dispositif de protection

défenseur

garde

gardien

guardien

protecteur isolant

sénéchal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”), of disputed origin. By surface analysis, govern + -or. Doublet of gubernator. Doublet of cybernetics and Kubernetes.