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单词 misgovernor
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misgovernorn.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈɡʌvn̩ə/, /ˌmɪsˈɡʌvənə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡəv(ə)nər/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and governor n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: misgovern v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < misgovern v. + -or suffix. With form in quot. a1449 at sense 1 compare -er suffix1.
Now rare.
1. A lawbreaker, a wrongdoer. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker
waryOE
wandelard1338
breakerc1384
malefactora1438
law-breakerc1440
misgovernora1449
malfetoura1450
wrongdoer1501
contravener1567
criminal1610
contravenary1614
mug1865
crook1879
outlaw1880
punter1891
kink1914
heavy man1926
crim1927
antisocial1945
villain1960
banduluc1977
a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 92 The sillers of the saide wyn bakers bruers and other mysgoverners abovesaid beth unpunyshed.
2. A person who or thing which misdirects or misguides a person. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > who governs badly
misleadera1393
misgovernor1509
misruler1554
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cclviiv O Lothsome lust: o mad mysgouernour Of all mankynde.
3. A person who misgoverns a state, nation, or (occasionally) other institution.
ΚΠ
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 49 The Nobility of Scotland should be ready..to seise upon the King's Favourites, and Misgovernours of the State.
1842 T. P. Thompson Exercises I. 179 A nation bound by the act of past mis-governors.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. viii. 261 Traitors, misgovernors, worthy of death.
1884 Sat. Rev. 12 July 40/1 The misgovernors of Egypt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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