governess in English

noun
1
a woman employed to teach children in a private household.
Only a poor minister, he knew his daughters would likely have to work as teachers or governesses , and their education would be indispensable.

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1. 8 My governess was quite confounded.

2. I'm not here as your governess.

3. Has your governess left you?

4. 11 Charlotte's governess Marya came into the room.

5. 14 Captain: This is your new governess, Fraulein Maria.

6. 10 Paul has got an excellent governess.

7. 12 salary as daily nursery governess to a neighbor's children.

8. 9 Now, this is your new governess, Fraulein Maria.

9. I must beg of you to please come here, Miss Governess.

10. Classic gothic tale complete with governess heroine, malevolent atmosphere, and forbidding mansion.

11. 13 This gave me a new notion of my governess.

12. 7 I'm from the convent. I'm the new governess, Captain.

13. 10 synonyms for nanny: Childminder, nurse, au pair, governess, nursemaid, childcarer, nursemaid

14. 6 He was met by the angry governess, who had waited up late.

15. 5 The governess here, Miss Lambert,(www.Sentencedict.com) has kindly taught me a little.

16. 29 He does not like the new governess by a fraction.

17. 15 When she was eighteen, she went out as a governess.

18. 1 He does not like the new governess by a fraction.

19. 26 Classic gothic tale complete with governess heroine, malevolent atmosphere, and forbidding mansion.

20. 3 Classic gothic tale complete with governess heroine, malevolent atmosphere, and forbidding mansion.

21. 16 My little girl does not go to school; she has a governess.

22. 2 Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.

23. Small and thin, Terri was dressed, as usual, in the manner of a deranged Victorian governess.

24. 20 She professed to have been a cook in a house where I was once governess.

25. 26 Small and thin, Terri was dressed, as usual, in the manner of a deranged Victorian governess.

26. 21 Schools will be inspected regularly by privatised inspection services chosen by the head teacher and governess.

27. 28 Small and thin, Terri was dressed, as usual, in the manner of a deranged Victorian governess.

28. 17 Finding teaching too confining, she gave up a post as a governess in 18

29. 10 Edith died in 1871 and Maud and her sister Kathleen were cared for by a nurse and governess.

30. 30 When she was eighteen, she went to work as a governess in a private house.

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32. 18 Edith died in 1871 and Maud and her sister Kathleen were cared for by a nurse and governess.

33. 22 Fiona is haunted by strange premonitions when she goes to the tropical island of San Cristobal as a governess.

34. When the children become only more wild, the Bloomfields blame their governess, and Agnes is let go after one year.

35. 25 When the children become only more wild, the Bloomfields blame their governess, and Agnes is let go after one year.

36. 27 When Miss Temple marries, Jane feels the necessity of trying something new and advertises for a position as a governess.

37. By the age of twenty-four she was free to seek work outside the home, finding temporary positions as amanuensis and governess.

38. 28 For single middle-class women without dowries there was only the prospect of becoming a governess or companion.

39. 19 Her last spell of living with her husband ended when she sought work as a governess in London.

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41. 4 It was not as good as being a governess in an important family, but at least I would have no master.

42. 24 By the age of twenty-four she was free to seek work outside the home, finding temporary positions as amanuensis and governess.

43. 29 The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the competencies of nursery governess in child welfare institutions in our country.

44. 23 When I was last here I had spent time talking with Dalim Das, once a governess with a wealthy family.

45. In Pride and Prejudice, for a woman, generally the only way to her is to get married besides being spinsterhood or governess.

46. The Chasers’ Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles stars three long-time Chasers: Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett, Shaun ‘The Dark Destroyer’ Wallace and Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty.

47. Inside that we are transported to pre-independence India of the 1920s, where she is Ayah (guardian/governess) to the young children of a high ranking British family.

48. Abbess (plural Abbesses) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks

49. Noun (in the East, Africa, and other parts of the former British Empire) a maidservant, nursemaid, or governess, esp one of Indian or Malay originCompare amah Word Origin for Ayah C18: from Hindi …