† governantn.

Forms: late Middle English gouernaunt, late Middle English gouvernaunt.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French governant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman governant, Middle French gouvernant (late 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman, 1432 in continental French; French gouvernant ), use as noun of present participle of gouverner govern v. Compare earlier governor n.

Obsolete. rare.

A ruler, a commander. Cf. governor n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specifically of a country

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governanta1460

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 1939 (MED) Tribunys, Erlis or their lieutenauntys, Of these..Wer mad the Capitayns & gouernauntys.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 41 Richarde, duke of Yorke..being at two voiages lieutenaunt and gouvernaunt in Fraunce.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	governant
释义	† governantn. Forms: late Middle English gouernaunt, late Middle English gouvernaunt. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French governant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman governant, Middle French gouvernant (late 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman, 1432 in continental French; French gouvernant ), use as noun of present participle of gouverner govern v. Compare earlier governor n. Obsolete. rare. A ruler, a commander. Cf. governor n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specifically of a country rectora1387 governanta1460 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 1939 (MED) Tribunys, Erlis or their lieutenauntys, Of these..Wer mad the Capitayns & gouernauntys. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 41 Richarde, duke of Yorke..being at two voiages lieutenaunt and gouvernaunt in Fraunce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1460
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