guv
Americannoun
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term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
noun
Etymology
Origin of guv
First recorded in 1850–55; by shortening and respelling
Example Sentences
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Ofqual's defence to all of this, according to Mr Halfon, could be summed up as: "Not me, guv."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2020
“I went to high school with GOP guv candidate @BrianKempGA,” Davis wrote in the now-deleted tweet.
From Fox News ● Dec. 22, 2018
Lest that sound like our guv is just another face in the crowd, consider this: Cillizza put Inslee in the second of four “tiers” — the first tier being most likely to clinch the nomination.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2017
Nothing to do with us, guv, we only provide the pipes.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2013
I really thought that guv had something on the ball.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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