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gubernatorial

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gu⋅ber⋅na⋅to⋅ri⋅al

  [goo-ber-nuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, gyoo-]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to a state governor or the office of state governor.
Origin:
1725–35, Americanism; < L gubernātōr- (s. of gubernātor) steersman, governor + -ial
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gu·ber·na·to·ri·al   (gōō'bər-nə-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-, gyōō'-)   
adj.  Of or relating to a governor.

[From Latin gubernātor, governor, from gubernāre, to govern; see govern.]
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gubernatorial 
1734, formed in Amer.Eng. from L. gubernator (see govern).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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