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

During World War Two, her mother and elderly governess were frequently her only companions.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 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

No one would have to become a governess.

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

“Or a wee child. But you seem to have pluck, governess, and the girl is as fierce as a hyena, as I recall. Does she track prey as well as her brothers do?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood