Usually means: Boss or leader, British slang.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word guv'nor:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. guv'nor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. guv'nor, guv'nor: Collins English Dictionary
  3. guvnor: Vocabulary.com
  4. Guv'nor, Guvnor, guv'nor, guvnor: Wordnik
  5. guvnor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. guv'nor, guvnor: Wiktionary
  7. guvnor: Dictionary.com
  8. The Guv'nor (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. guvnor: Rhymezone
  10. guvnor: FreeDictionary.org
  11. guvnor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. guv'nor, guvnor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. guvnor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. guvnor, guvnor: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Guv'nor, guvnor: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See guvnors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (guv'nor)

noun:  (UK, Ireland) An informal form of address to a man; see guv. This version is especially likely to be applied to the owner of a business or the landlord of a public house.

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