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Duenna

//duˈɛ.nə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman.

    "'Madam, I have a secret to tell you.' Now the very word secret is enough to rouse any one's curiosity; and, giving a quick glance round to see if her duennas were on the alert, she prepared to listen, and I saw that her eye had caught sight of the letter."

  2. 2
    a woman chaperon wordnet
  3. 3
    A governess or nanny.

Etymology

From Old Spanish duenna or dueña, from Vulgar Latin donna, from Latin domina (“Lady”). Doublet of dame.

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