Usually means: Manager of domestic staff, household.
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  1. gouvernante: Merriam-Webster
  2. gouvernante: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gouvernante: Wordnik
  4. gouvernante: Wiktionary
  5. Gouvernante: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (archaic) governess

Similar:
governeress, abbotess, governaunce, gubernance, abbatess, mistressship, guardant, guardiance, matronism, guardianage, more...

Opposite:
governess, nanny, au pair

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Similar:
governeress, abbotess, governaunce, gubernance, abbatess, mistressship, guardant, guardiance, matronism, guardianage, more...

Opposite:
governess, nanny, au pair



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