Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gubernator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gu-ber-na-tor
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Leader.

noun

A US state governor.

Humorous

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Etymology

* From Latin gubernātor (“governor”), from gubernō (“to govern”) + -tor, thus a doublet of governor. * Alternatively a back-formation from gubernatorial, from same Latin source.

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What does gubernator mean?
Leader.
Where does gubernator come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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