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Synonyms:
- alderwoman, duenna, chronicler, apothecary, nanny, innkeeper, eunuch, tutoress, mistress, fool, teacher, guardian, alderman, cabin boy, chandler
Examples:
- - Esther was astonished and called her governess to see the two answers, but the good woman saw nothing wonderful in them whatever. - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- - Though I know not where to address my poor dear uncle,- though I doubt, even if I did, whether I could venture to confide to him the secret known only to yourself as to the name I now bear- and if he hear of me at all he must believe me dead,- yet I have enough left of the money he last remitted to me for present support; and when that fails, I think, what with my knowledge of English and such other slender accomplishments as I possess, I could maintain myself as a teacher or governess in some German family. - "The Parisians, Book 11.", Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- - He knew that the countess rarely or never walked with her daughter, and that, as the governess was gone, Clara was driven to walk by herself. - "Castle Richmond", Anthony Trollope
