governess

Example Sentences

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When Elizabeth saw the manuscript, she wrote to a friend that “the governess has gone off her head.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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

No one would have to become a governess.

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

An Austrian governess and white-gloved butlers looked after 6-year-old Birgit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022

Even so, in Miss Lumley’s day, to be the governess in a grand estate was a lonely job.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood