governess
Example Sentences
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Marion Crawford, known as Crawfie, had been governess to the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Fortunes changed in 1894 when he appointed his children's governess, Rita Shell, to be editor.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House as a governess with a secret, which would be enough for many a novel set in Victorian England.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025
She worked as a governess in Paris and later converted to Catholicism and was baptized at the age of 26.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
The children giggled at the way their clever governess had snuck the lesson in nevertheless.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
