Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to a governor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to a governor: as, a gubernatorial election; gubernatorial duties.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to a governor.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to a governor, or to government.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to a governor
Etymologies
- From Latin gubernātor ("governor"), from gubernō ("govern"), + -ial. (Wiktionary)
- From Latin gubernātor, governor, from gubernāre, to govern; see govern. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In a worrisome sign for Democrats, the GOP streamrolled liberal candidates in gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday.”
“Thanks to the 2010 Census, the stakes are especially high in gubernatorial and state legislative races around the country -- because these officials will have major influence over the gerrymandering process.”
“The union has also donated a total of $5 million to the Democratic Governors Association and Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, making it the top donor to the Democrats 'efforts to win gubernatorial and state-legislative races.”
“GOP victories in gubernatorial races could give them a big advantage in future congressional redistricting.”
“TARP has also reared its head in gubernatorial races.”
The Washington Post: TARP: How it's playing in the midterm campaigns
“We are also making two other ratings changes in gubernatorial races:”
The Washington Post: Ohio governors race a "toss up" (again)
“* Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker -- "Saturn":”
The Washington Post: The 10 best TV ads of the 2010 primaries
“Denver Post: Hickenlooper outraises McInnis in gubernatorial race”
“The issue has emerged, however, in gubernatorial campaigns in Minnesota and Iowa.”
“Ehrlich's promise to roll back an O'Malley sales tax increase, clamp down on spending and approve more charter schools failed to generate the same momentum that helped Republicans win gubernatorial elections last year in New Jersey and Virginia.”
The Washington Post: O'Malley turns back Ehrlich's challenge
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gubernatorial’.
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POL - elections
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rolls off the tongue
Words you love saying because they feel and sound so good!
(Not to be conflated with words you love saying because they are onomatopoeic, I have another list for that)gubernatorial, predeliction, quibbling, propensity, proclivity, insidious, nebulous, garble, crabapple, piddling, prattle, wheedling and 11 more...
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miscellany
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words I love to use
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
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Daily
Daily Vocab List
lull, pious, lurid, objurgate, insurgent, lewd, patio, onus, lampoon, geisha, larceny, maim and 206 more...
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annscann's list
My words, generally
bavarois, bawbee, bawd, bawdry, libertine, russophobe, rubicund, gossamer, persnickety, claptrap, gesticulate, schadenfreudian and 199 more...
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cloudjuice's Words
schadenfreude, sordid, promulgate, erratic, erroneous, amalgamate, sesquipedalian, incongruous, psychosis, etymology, simulacrum, serendipity and 988 more...
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Umbersorrow
Intangible, anthropic.
States of being are listed on oofy.njiju, glark, deplore, afterlithe, tagmass, spuriosity, forkful, chelation, oding, ploat, botnet, quedeship and 477 more...
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personal distaste
good grief, I'm getting irritable.
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
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