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Old French
Etymology
From Latin gubernator.
Noun
gouvreneur oblique singular, m (oblique plural gouvreneurs, nominative singular gouvreneurs, nominative plural gouvreneur)
- governor
- (nautical) steersman
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (gouvreneur, supplement)