governor

Betekenis

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)/

Etymologie

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.