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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
governess
    n 1: a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child
         (especially in a private home)
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Governess \Gov"ern*ess\, n. [Cf. OF. governeresse. See
   Governor.]
   A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control
   and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and
   instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
   [1913 Webster]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abbess, chaperon, chatelaine, dame, dowager, duenna, educatress, first lady, goodwife, great lady, homemaker, housewife, instructress, madam, matriarch, matron, mistress, mother superior, schooldame, schoolmarm, schoolmistress, tutoress
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