单词 | gubernator |
释义 | gubernatorn. A ruler, a governor. Cf. governator n.In quot. 1997 with reference to gubernation money: see gubernation n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] waldendeOE prince?c1225 ordainerc1300 tyranta1340 prefecta1382 rulera1382 wieldera1382 corner of the people1382 lordshipperc1384 governora1393 moderatora1398 wieldinga1400 leader of lawsc1400 regent1415 governailc1440 dominatorc1450 reignera1464 regnanta1500 gubernator1522 despot1562 shepherd1577 swayer1598 Sophy1599 most mastera1616 Govr.1620 Gov.1630 archon1735 1522 Bp. J. Clerk Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 304 Who is in Spayne, and chief gubernator there vnder the Emperor. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gubernatour, hee which gouerneth. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iii. 5 The wise Creator and Gubernator of althings. 1761 F. Moore Vox Stellarum 8 Mars assumes the Power of being Gubernator, or Lord of this Eclipse. 1836 Allison's Picturesque Pocket Compan. 16 Queen Elizabeth..ordained, that..there should be a Master, Usher, and five Gubernators [for the ordering of a grammar school]. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 281 Gubernators to whom was intrusted the administration of the principality. 1917 Ann. Med. Hist. 1 165/2 Baalzebub..only later in official demonology became one of the gubernators of the Infernal Kingdom of Lucifer. 1991 Times (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Features section) Having established Husak in supreme power the Russians found in him the ideal gubernator of their Czechoslovak province. 1997 A. Kenny Life in Oxf. x. 106 My first monthly salary..included twenty-odd pounds for the gubernation of Huntspill. I had not previously had any idea that I was gubernator of Huntspill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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