Duenna

//duˈɛ.nə//

Synonyms for "duenna" (58 found)

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related to

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Translations

17 translations across 4 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • гуверна́нтка noun (a governess or nanny)
  • компаньо́нка noun (a chaperon of a young lady)

French

1 entries
  • accompagnatrice noun (a chaperon of a young lady)

German

4 entries
  • Anstandsdame noun (a chaperon of a young lady)
  • Aufpasser noun (a chaperon of a young lady)
  • Aufsichtsperson noun (a chaperon of a young lady)
  • Begleiterin noun (a chaperon of a young lady)

Russian

3 entries
  • гуверна́нтка noun (a governess or nanny)
  • дуэ́нья noun (a chaperon of a young lady)
  • компаньо́нка noun (a chaperon of a young lady)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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'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.

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Then he placed her in a house and shut her up in a chamber, appointing ten old women as duennas to guard her, and forbade her to go forth to the Seven Palaces.

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I dared not do anything to spoil the image of me she had set up to adore. I had toadied to her when she was the awesome duenna of my darling, and a groveling something still persisted in my attitude toward her.

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