governour

governour (plural governours)

1. Obsolete spelling of governor.

• gouvernor

• governor, governoure, governowre, governur

Borrowed from Old French gouvreneur, governeor, from Latin gubernātor; equivalent to governen +‎ -our.

• IPA^(key): /ɡuvərˈnuːr/, /ˈɡuvərnur/, /ˈɡuvərnər/

governour (plural gouvernours)

1. An administrator or leader; one who heads and/or manages a group of people.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Epheſianes 6:12, page 77r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     foꝛwhi ftryuynge is not to us aȝenes fleiſch ⁊ blood .· but aȝenes þe pꝛincis ⁊ poteſtatis aȝenes gouernours of þe woꝛld of þeſe derkneſſis / aȝens ſpiritual þingis of wickidneſſe, in heuenli thingis

     Because for us, striving isn't against flesh and blood, but against princes and potentates, the rulers of these darknesses' world, and the sources of spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.

   1. A ruler; one who rules (either supreme or deputy).
   2. An executive or director; one who is in charge of an institution.
   3. A general; one who leads a military force on the battlefield.
   4. One who manages, leads, or supervises a household or mansion.
2. Someone who protects, safeguards, or acts as a guardian (used of God or people).
3. A helmsman; a person who guides or directs a seafaring vessel.
4. (rare) God as the judger of fate and decider of destiny.
5. (rare) One who restrains oneself from base urges.
6. (physiology, rare) A body part which controls other body parts.

• English: governor (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: governour
• Yola: governere

• “governǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.