governess
noun
gov·ern·ess
ˈgə-vər-nəs 
1
: a woman who governs
2
: a woman who cares for and supervises a child especially in a private household
Examples of governess in a Sentence
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The majority of her patients were educated, unmarried governesses whose health had broken down under the strain of long hours of work and negligible pay.
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Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
According to a description, set in the 1860s, the period piece turns on a Native American woman, educated in a Christian mission school, then sent to a remote area of the U.S. Pacific Northwest to work as a governess.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
The film follows Andrew's character Maria, a governess who endears herself to the von Trapp family and falls in love with patriarch Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer).
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
When the governess wasn’t looking, the students would sneak the chocolate inside the woman’s bag or leave it on the table so that the woman would have some eye contact with the guy who gave her the chocolate.
—Yolanda Evans, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a peppy young nun-in-training who leaves her abbey to become a governess for the seven children of widowed Captain Georg von Trapp, played by Christopher Plummer.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
Tubi 08 Crown for Christmas (2015) Part Maid in Manhattan (2002), part A Christmas Prince, this one is about a former hotel cleaner (Danica McKellar) who becomes the governess to a young princess (Ellie Botterill) — who happens to have a hunky older brother (Rupert Penry-Jones).
—EW.com, 11 Dec. 2023
Although pathologically indecisive, Mr. Spitzer is tasked with finding a governess to raise Vera.
—Ryan Ruby, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a kind-hearted governess who brings a love of music to the seven children under her tutelage.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
According to a description, set in the 1860s, the period piece turns on a Native American woman, educated in a Christian mission school, then sent to a remote area of the U.S. Pacific Northwest to work as a governess.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
The film follows Andrew's character Maria, a governess who endears herself to the von Trapp family and falls in love with patriarch Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer).
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
When the governess wasn’t looking, the students would sneak the chocolate inside the woman’s bag or leave it on the table so that the woman would have some eye contact with the guy who gave her the chocolate.
—Yolanda Evans, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a peppy young nun-in-training who leaves her abbey to become a governess for the seven children of widowed Captain Georg von Trapp, played by Christopher Plummer.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
Tubi 08 Crown for Christmas (2015) Part Maid in Manhattan (2002), part A Christmas Prince, this one is about a former hotel cleaner (Danica McKellar) who becomes the governess to a young princess (Ellie Botterill) — who happens to have a hunky older brother (Rupert Penry-Jones).
—EW.com, 11 Dec. 2023
Although pathologically indecisive, Mr. Spitzer is tasked with finding a governess to raise Vera.
—Ryan Ruby, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a kind-hearted governess who brings a love of music to the seven children under her tutelage.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
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governess
noun
gov·ern·ess
ˈgəv-ər-nəs
: a woman who teaches and trains a child in a private home
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