Usually means: Chaperone, usually older female guardian.
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  1. duenna: Merriam-Webster
  2. duenna: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. duenna: Collins English Dictionary
  4. duenna: Vocabulary.com
  5. Duenna, duenna: Wordnik
  6. duenna: Wiktionary
  7. duenna: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. duenna: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. duenna: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Duenna, duenna: Dictionary.com
  11. duenna: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Duenna, The Duenna: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Duenna: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. duenna: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. duenna: Rhymezone
  16. Duenna: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. duenna: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. duenna: FreeDictionary.org
  19. duenna: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. duenna: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. duenna: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (duenna)

▸ noun:  a chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman.
▸ noun:  a governess or nanny.

Similar:
duennadom, chaperone, griffin, duchess, damsel, chaperon, dame de compagnie, valet, doyenne, maid of honour, more...

Opposite:
ward, protege, charge

Types:
chaperone, chaperon, cicisbeo, cicisbei, squire, more...

Adjectives:
old, spanish, vigilant, good, elderly, experienced, discreet, stern, poor, ancient, worthy
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Similar:
duennadom, chaperone, griffin, duchess, damsel, chaperon, dame de compagnie, valet, doyenne, maid of honour, more...

Opposite:
ward, protege, charge

Types:
chaperone, chaperon, cicisbeo, cicisbei, squire, more...

Adjectives:
old, spanish, vigilant, good, elderly, experienced, discreet, stern, poor, ancient, worthy



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