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Governess

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman employed to educate and train the children of a private household.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A woman paid to educate children in their own home.

v. To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A woman invested with authority to control and direct; a female ruler: also used figuratively.

n. Specifically A woman who has the care of instructing and directing children; an instructress: generally applied to one who teaches children in their own homes.

To play the governess; act as governess: as, to go out governessing.

To control or direct as a governess.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)

Word Usage

"The word governess appealed to him; it meant that she had to do with wealthy people, at least."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

instructor teacher

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

teacher tutoress gouvernante duenna

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

tutor housekeeper schoolmaster valet secretary