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guv

[ guhv ]

noun

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


guv

/ ɡʌv; ˈɡʌvnə /

noun

  1. an informal name for governor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of guv1

First recorded in 1850–55; by shortening and respelling
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Example Sentences

The Guv quipped, “Here in California, they do have men that become women.”

Mr Blake, thin—Mr Blake, darlint—doesn't ye remimber the promise you guv me?

Then back he comes with the apoarthecary—him with the red light—and they rips the guv'nor's sleeves up, spilin' his coat.

So I runs up a parsage, and in the middle of the parsage I tumbles over the guv'nor lyin' acrost the parsage.

It's no good torkin' perlitely to 'em, guv'nor; you touch some on 'em up with your umberella.

That Missionary was like a billy-goat, ready to take anything you guv him, from a gold-mine to a empty tin tomato can.

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