governess

«governess» in Mova's school dictionary: a woman who lived in a family's house and taught its… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (governesses)

meaning for a pupil

(old-fashioned) a woman who lived in a family's house and taught its children at home tree →

sense in the lessons

a teacher in a grand household, in old stories: Prince Alphege's governess was alone with her daughter

examples

• Prince Alphege's governess was alone with her daughter. tree →
• The governess taught the children their letters. tree →
• In old stories a governess looks after the princes. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «governess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.