Similar words: cleverness, govern, governor, governance, government, governorship, queerness, misgovernment. Meaning: ['gʌvnə(r)nɪs] 
n. a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).
n. a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home). 
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1 He does not like the new governess by a fraction.
2 Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.
3 Classic gothic tale complete with governess heroine, malevolent atmosphere, and forbidding mansion.
4 It was not as good as being a governess in an important family, but at least I would have no master.
5 The governess here, Miss Lambert,(www.Sentencedict.com) has kindly taught me a little.
6 He was met by the angry governess, who had waited up late.
7 I'm from the convent. I'm the new governess, Captain.
8 My governess was quite confounded.
9 Now, this is your new governess, Fraulein Maria.
10 Paul has got an excellent governess.
11 Charlotte's governess Marya came into the room.
12 salary as daily nursery governess to a neighbor's children.
13 This gave me a new notion of my governess.
14 Captain: This is your new governess, Fraulein Maria.
15 When she was eighteen, she went out as a governess.
16 My little girl does not go to school; she has a governess.
17 Finding teaching too confining, she gave up a post as a governess in 1895.
18 Edith died in 1871 and Maud and her sister Kathleen were cared for by a nurse and governess.
19 Her last spell of living with her husband ended when she sought work as a governess in London.
20 She professed to have been a cook in a house where I was once governess.
21 Schools will be inspected regularly by privatised inspection services chosen by the head teacher and governess.
22 Fiona is haunted by strange premonitions when she goes to the tropical island of San Cristobal as a governess.
23 When I was last here I had spent time talking with Dalim Das, once a governess with a wealthy family.
24 By the age of twenty-four she was free to seek work outside the home, finding temporary positions as amanuensis and governess.
25 When the children become only more wild, the Bloomfields blame their governess, and Agnes is let go after one year.
26 Small and thin, Terri was dressed, as usual, in the manner of a deranged Victorian governess.
27 When Miss Temple marries, Jane feels the necessity of trying something new and advertises for a position as a governess.
28 For single middle-class women without dowries there was only the prospect of becoming a governess or companion.
29 The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the competencies of nursery governess in child welfare institutions in our country.
30 When she was eighteen, she went to work as a governess in a private house.
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