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Govr., n. Obs. exc. arch.
Also Govr.
[Graphic shortening.]
A written abbreviation of governor n. (superseded in U.S. usage by * n.1). Now only on British banknotes. Cf. compa n.
a1657W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation (1856) 134 At length, after much debate of things, the Govr..gave way that they should set corne every man for his owne perticuler. 1720S. Sewall Diary 23 July (1882) III. 258 Gave the Govr. {pstlg}500 only. 1948G. Crowther Outl. Money (rev. ed.) i. 12 Every Bank of England note, for example,..[is] signed, ‘For the Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England’ by the Chief Cashier. |