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governour (plural governours)

Borrowed from Old French gouvreneur, governeor, from Latin gubernātor; equivalent to governen +‎ -our.

governour (plural gouvernours)

An administrator or leader; one who heads and/or manages a group of people.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Epheſianes 6:12, folio 77, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe 's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  
  foꝛwhi ftryuynge is not to us aȝenes fleiſch ⁊ blood .· but aȝenes þe pꝛincis ⁊ pote ſtatis aȝenes gouernours of þe woꝛld of þeſe derkneſſis / aȝens ſpiritual þingis of wickidneſſe, in heuenli thingis
  
  Because for us, striving isn't [just] against flesh and blood, but against princes and potentates, the rulers of these darknesses' world, and the sources of spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.
1. A ruler; one who rules (either supreme or deputy).
2. An executive or director; one who is in charge of an institution.
3. A general; one who leads a military force on the battlefield.
4. One who manages, leads, or supervises a household or mansion.
Someone who protects, safeguards, or acts as a guardian (used of God or people).
A helmsman; a person who guides or directs a seafaring vessel.
(rare) God as the judger of fate and decider of destiny.
(rare) One who restrains oneself from base urges.
(physiology, rare) A body part which controls other body parts.

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