gouvreneur

Old French

Alternative forms

governeor, governur

Etymology

Latin gubernator.

Noun

gouvreneur m (oblique plural gouvreneurs, nominative singular gouvreneurs, nominative plural gouvreneur)

governor
(nautical) steersman

Descendants

English: governor
French: gouverneur
- Dutch: gouverneur
- German: Gouverneur

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gouvreneur, supplement)

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