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"etymology_text": "Alternative phonetic spelling of gov, short for governor.",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Spare two quid, guv? I 'aven't eaten since yesterday."
},
{
"text": "Right away, guv... I mean, sarge."
}
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"A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior."
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"(British, chiefly London, informal) A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior."
],
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"word": "guv'nor"
},
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}
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"word": "boss"
},
{
"word": "guv'nor"
},
{
"word": "gov"
},
{
"sense": "to a stranger of comparable status",
"word": "mate"
}
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "form of address",
"word": "šéfe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šéfíku"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "form of address",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "chef"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "form of address",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "patron"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "form of address",
"word": "főnök"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kierownik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kierowniczka"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gazda"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"word": "šef"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "form of address",
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"common-gender"
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}
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"word": "guv"
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"examples": [
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"text": "Spare two quid, guv? I 'aven't eaten since yesterday."
},
{
"text": "Right away, guv... I mean, sarge."
}
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],
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],
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{
"word": "guv'nor"
},
{
"sense": "to a stranger of comparable status",
"word": "mate"
},
{
"word": "gov"
}
],
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "form of address",
"word": "šéfe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šéfíku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chef"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "patron"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "form of address",
"word": "főnök"
},
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"masculine"
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"word": "kierownik"
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"word": "kierowniczka"
},
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"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gazda"
},
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "šef"
},
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "form of address",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "grabben"
}
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"word": "guv"
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