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Etymology
From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernātor.
Pronunciation
Noun
governere
- governor
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 7-9:and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.- and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114