Today's Word "gubernatorial"
Published in Vocabulary
gubernatorial \GOO-ber-nuh-TOR-ee-uhl\ (adjective) - Of or pertaining to a governor.
"Hank looked like a gubernatorial candidate. Rob was not a belligerent man. He prided himself on his lack of belligerence." -- Josephine Humphreys, 'The Fireman's Fair'
Gubernatorial is from Latin gubernator, "governor," from gubernare, "to govern," which is also the source of govern.
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