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governessing

governessing is the present participle and gerund of governess.

Meaning of governess

Verb

governess (third-person singular simple present governesses, present participle governessing, simple past and past participle governessed)

  1. To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.

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Questions about governessing

What is governessing the present participle and gerund of?
Governessing is the present participle and gerund of governess.

Words near governessing in the dictionary

  1. governessdom
  2. governessed
  3. governesses
  4. governesses-general
  5. governesshood
  6. governessing
  7. governessless
  8. governesslike
  9. governessship
  10. governessy
  11. governest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: governessing (page history and authors); governess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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