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misˈgovernor
[mis-1 5.]
One who misgoverns.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys 257 b, O Lothsome lust: o mad mysgouernour Of all mankynde. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 49 The nobility of Scotland should be ready..to seise upon the king's favourites, and misgovernours of the state. 1829Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 179 A nation bound by the act of past misgovernors. 1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xii. viii. (1873) IV. 187 Traitors, misgovernors worthy of death. 1884Sat. Rev. 12 July 40/1 The misgovernors of Egypt. |