OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34189

governess

/ˈɡʌvɚnəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
institutriz
A woman paid to educate children in their own home.
Boy, you are a crabby lady! Who are you? Calvin's cruel governess?
[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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