different between governor vs alcaide

English

Alternative forms

• gouernour, gouvernor, gouvernour, governer, governour (all obsolete)
• guvnah, guvnuh (both informal)

Etymology

From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kubern?t?s, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from ???????? (kuberná?, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”), of disputed origin. Doublet of gubernator.

Pronunciation

• (UK, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???v(?)n?(?)/
• (US, rhotic) IPA^(key): /???v??n??/
• (US, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???v?n?(?)/
• (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA^(key): /???v?n??/

Noun

governor (plural governors, feminine governess)

1. (politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.
   • 1999, Karen O'Connor, The essentials of American government: continuity and change, p 17

     Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota

2. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
3. A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
   • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, www.federalreserve.gov (November 6, 2009)

     The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

4. (informal) Father.
5. (informal) Boss, employer.
6. (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
7. (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
8. (nautical) A pilot; a steersman.

Synonyms

• (head of a province): viceroy (of large divisions of a kingdom or empire); proconsul (of Roman regions, historical); bailiff, seneschal, intendant (of French regions, historical); tao tai (obsolete), circuit intendant, intendant, daotai (of Chinese regions, historical); provost (obsolete); gubernator (now humorous)

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Translations

Middle English

Noun

governor

1. Alternative form of governour

English

Alternative forms

• alcayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic ??????????? (al-q??id, “leader”); compare caid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl?ka?di/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

alcaide (plural alcaides)

1. The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
   • 1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 510,

     Soon after Mr. Petticrew arrived at Gibraltar, he came to Tetuan in his maje?ty's ?hip Seahor?e, to acquaint the alcaide that he had orders from the king of Great Britain, […] .

   • 1810, John Joseph Stockdale (editor and publisher), The History of the Inquisitions, extract published in 1810, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, Volume 8, page 219,

     It was, above all, to the alcaide and the guards of the prisoners that he studied to recommend himself.

   • 1825, The Literary Chronicle for the year 1825, page 172,

     The municipal bodies were charged regularly to inspect the prisons; to watch over the conduct of the alcaides, and the inferior officers; and to propose to the government such measures as they judged to be best conducive to humanity and sound policy.

2. A caid.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

1. alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????????? (al-q??id, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?kaide/, [al?kai?.ð?e]

Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

1. commander of the defense of a castle
2. administrator of royal property
3. warden; administrator of a prison

Further reading

• “alcaide” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.