governante
governante noun: a female ruler or regent.
Noun
governante (plural governantes)
- A female ruler or regent.
- A woman in charge of someone else, especially a child or young woman; a governess.
- When it came to his turn to mention Sir John Sparkle, he represented him as a man of an immense estate and narrow disposition, who mewed up his only child, a fine young lady, from the conversation of mankind, under the strict watch and inspection of an old governante […].1748, Tobias Smollett, chapter 50, in The Adventures of Roderick Random
- Shortly after the failure of the singular negotiation for attaining peace by combat, which Peveril had attempted to open with Major Bridgenorth, that gentleman left his seat of Moultrassie-Hall in the care of his old housekeeper, and departed, no one knew whither, having in company with him the...1822, [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 227
Forms of governante
| plural | governantes |
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Origin of governante
From Dutch gouvernante, and its source, Middle French gouvernante. Compare govern.
Questions about governante
- What does governante mean?
- Governante means a female ruler or regent.
- What part of speech is governante?
- Governante is a noun.
- What is the plural of governante?
- The plural of governante is governantes.
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