1. governess - Noun
2. governess - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter returning to private education under a German Jewish governess, Käthe Kübler, she passed the Oxford Local Examination with distinction at age thirteen. Source: Internet
Anne's aunt Lady Henrietta Hyde (the wife of Laurence Hyde ) was appointed as her new governess. Source: Internet
A beautiful gypsy girl, a privateer with questionable motives, a prim governess, brilliant Kate and brave but confused Matt make up the party and are in for the flight of their lives. Source: Internet
From 1620 until Osman's death, a governess (daye hatun, lit. wet-nurse) was appointed as a stand-in valide, and she could not counterbalance the contriving of Mustafa I 's mother in the Old Palace. Source: Internet
Churchill, aged seven, in 1881 Churchill's earliest exposure to education occurred in Dublin, where a governess tried teaching him reading, writing, and arithmetic (his first reading book was called 'Reading Without Tears'). Source: Internet
At 19 she left Haworth and worked as a governess between 1839 and 1845. Source: Internet