guv

[ guhv ]

/ gʌv /

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noun Chiefly British Informal.

term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.

governor (def. 6).

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Origin of guv

First recorded in 1850–55; by shortening and respelling

Words nearby guv

gutturalize, gutturalized, gutturonasal, gutty, gut-wrenching, guv, guy, Guyana, Guyanese, Guyenne, Guy Fawkes Day

How to use guv in a sentence

The Guv quipped, “Here in California, they do have men that become women.”
28,000 X Chromosomes Strong|Lynn Sherr|October 24, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Mr Blake, thin—Mr Blake, darlint—doesn't ye remimber the promise you guv me?
The Kellys and the O'Kellys|Anthony Trollope
Then back he comes with the apoarthecary—him with the red light—and they rips the guv'nor's sleeves up, spilin' his coat.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan
So I runs up a parsage, and in the middle of the parsage I tumbles over the guv'nor lyin' acrost the parsage.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan

It's no good torkin' perlitely to 'em, guv'nor; you touch some on 'em up with your umberella.
Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893|Various
That Missionary was like a billy-goat, ready to take anything you guv him, from a gold-mine to a empty tin tomato can.
The Long Dim Trail|Forrestine C. Hooker

British Dictionary definitions for guv

guv

guv'nor (ˈɡʌvnə)

/ (ɡʌv) /

noun

British an informal name for governor

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Origin of guv

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British Dictionary definitions for guv

guv'nor (ˈɡʌvnə)