governess

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Noun

governess (plural governesses)

1. A woman paid to educate children in their own home.

Translations

woman paid to educate children in their own home

French: gouvernante (fr) f. German: Hauslehrerin (de) f., Erzieherin (de) f., Gouvernante (de) f. (dated) Hungarian: nevelőnő (hu) Macedonian: гувернанта (mk) (guvernánta) f.

Russian: гувернантка (ru) (guvernántka) f., воспитательница (ru) (vospitátel'nica) f. Spanish: institutriz (es) f. Swedish: guvernant (sv) c.

Verb

governess (third-person singular simple present governesses, present participle governessing, simple past and past participle governessed)

1. To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.