duenna

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Georgian discipline . . . a sketch of Sheridan’s duenna, or chaperone The early life of 18th-century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan sounds like the stuff of .

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2010

Said one 128 president: "We don't let our chief scientist out of town without a duenna."

From Time Magazine Archive

His teen-age escapades became staples of the gossip columns, and the studio hired a male duenna to keep him in line.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tatum's duenna, friend and confidante on the set is Diane Lewis, 34, the wife of Hedgemon, a black boxer Ryan O'Neal promoted.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Spanish lady consented to unite herself to the Moorish monarch, and even outwardly conformed to his religion, which the duenna also embraced with all the fervour of a proselyte, being re-named Kadiga.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis