guvnor
guvnor is the alternative spelling of guv'nor.
Meaning of guv'nor
Noun
guv'nor (plural guv'nors)
- An informal form of address to a man; see guv. This version is especially likely to be applied to the owner of a business or the landlord of a public house.
- “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.”
“Yes, guv’nor.”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
- “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.”
Forms of guvnor
| plural | guvnors |
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Questions about guvnor
- What is guvnor the alternative spelling of?
- Guvnor is the alternative spelling of guv'nor.
Words near guvnor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: guvnor (page history and authors); guv'nor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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