Old rich families used to employ a governess to look after their children.
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Governess
//ˈɡʌvɚnəs//
Synonyms for "governess" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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13 entriesis a
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4 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гувернантка noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 姥 noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Esperanto
1 entries- guvernistino noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Finnish
1 entries- kotiopettajatar noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
French
2 entries- gouvernante noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
- gouverneuse noun (female governor)
German
3 entries- Erzieherin noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
- Gouvernante noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
- Hauslehrerin noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Hungarian
1 entries- nevelőnő noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Italian
2 entries- governante noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
- istitutrice noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Macedonian
1 entries- гуверна́нта noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- guvernante noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- guvernante noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Polish
1 entries- guwernantka noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Portuguese
2 entries- governanta noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
- governatriz noun (female governor)
Romanian
1 entries- guvernantă noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Russian
2 entries- воспита́тельница noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
- гуверна́нтка noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Spanish
1 entries- institutriz noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Swahili
1 entries- mlezi noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Swedish
1 entries- guvernant noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Tagalog
1 entries- gintay noun (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Mary used to work as a governess for a wealthy family.
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I had a Canadian governess.
Source: tatoeba (12048342)
[Mashenka Pavletsky] returning from a walk to the house of the Kushkins, with whom she was living as a governess, found the household in a terrible turmoil.
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