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Late French Ruler Latin Meaning 14c 1822.Governor 英

正面 1822.governor
英 ['gʌv(ə)nə]美 ['ɡʌvɚnɚ]

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释义:
n. 主管人员;统治者,管理者;[自] 调节器;地方长官
例句:
1. Duke was soundly defeated in this month's Louisiana governor's race.杜克在本月的路易斯安那州长竞选中大败而归。

1、just- => just.

governor (n.)c. 1300, gouernour, "personal keeper, protector, guide;" late 14c., "one who governs, a ruler," from Old French governeor "prince, ruler, administrator; helmsman" (11c., Modern French gouverneur) and directly from Latin gubernatorem (nominative gubernator) "director, ruler, governor," originally "steersman, pilot" (see govern). Meaning "subordinate ruler; head of a province, etc." is from late 14c. Meaning "one charged with direction or control of an institution, etc." is from late 14c. Mechanical sense of "self-acting regulator" is from 1819. The adjective gubernatorial remembers the Latin form. There is a record of English governator from 1520s."

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