guv
[guhv]
noun Chiefly British Informal.
term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
Origin of guv
First recorded in 1850–55; by shortening and respelling
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Related Words for guv
administrator, supervisor, comptroller, manager, ruler, executive, boss, director, chief, overseer, superintendent, commander, head, leader, controllerExamples from the Web for guv
Contemporary Examples of guv
The Guv quipped, “Here in California, they do have men that become women.”
Historical Examples of guv
Not as the guv'nor do anything more'n his duty in puttin' of him out—nowise!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Beg yer pardon, Guv'nor, but could yer lend me a bathin' suit?
Gawd love you, guv'nor, they'd fight 'ell's blazes, them chaps would!
Changing WindsSt. John G. Ervine
And, jerking his head back towards the room behind him, "Guv'nor's got it now."
The Burning SpearJohn Galsworthy
Tell ye what, jedge, that feller'll be guv'ner of a State one of these days.
Two ArrowsWilliam O. Stoddard
guv
guv'nor (ˈɡʌvnə)
noun
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