Usually means: Educator for children in homes.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Governess:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. governess: Merriam-Webster
  2. governess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. governess: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. governess: Collins English Dictionary
  5. governess: Vocabulary.com
  6. Governess, governess: Wordnik
  7. governess: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. governess: Wiktionary
  9. governess: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. governess: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. governess: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Governess, governess: Dictionary.com
  13. governess: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Governess, The Governess: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. governess: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. governess: Rhymezone
  17. Governess: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. governess: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. governess: FreeDictionary.org
  20. governess: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. governess: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Governess: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  23. governess: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. governess: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. governess: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (governess)

▸ noun:  A woman paid to educate children in their own home.
▸ noun:  (dated) A female governor.
▸ noun:  (dated) The wife of a governor.
▸ verb:  To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.

Similar:
governeress, governoress, governante, duenna, nana, nursemaid, housemother, nanny, houseparent, amah, more...

Opposite:
male au pair, male caregiver.

Phrases:
governess cart, The Governess, more...

Adjectives:
english, french, new, old, german, former, little, young, poor, daily, swiss



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Similar:
governeress, governoress, governante, duenna, nana, nursemaid, housemother, nanny, houseparent, amah, more...

Opposite:
male au pair, male caregiver.

Phrases:
governess cart, The Governess, more...

Adjectives:
english, french, new, old, german, former, little, young, poor, daily, swiss



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