Associations to the word «Governess»

Wiktionary

GOVERNESS, noun. A woman paid to educate children in their own home.
GOVERNESS, verb. To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.

Dictionary definition

GOVERNESS, noun. A woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope