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‖ gouvernante|guvɛrnɑ̃t|
Cf. governante.
[F. gouvernante, fem. pr. pple. of gouverner to govern.]
†1. A female ruler of a country. Obs.
1751Chesterfield Let. 28 Oct., Misc. Wks. 1777 II. 372 If..your Catharines and Marys of Medicis, your Anns of Austria, &c., should prove the model of your gouvernante. 1772Hartford Merc. Suppl. 18 Sept. 3/1 The King of Sweden had nominated her Gouvernante of Swedish Pomerania.
2. a. A housekeeper (to a bachelor or widower). rare. b. A chaperon or duenna. c. A governess; a female teacher. (Cf. governante 2, 3, 4.)
a.1772Graves Spirit. Quix. iii. vii. (1783) I. 145 My sister..became reserved to me, in order to recommend herself more effectually to our gouvernante. [Explained by context.] 1788H. Walpole Narr. Rousseau 141 Rousseau..crossed the country with his gouvernante.
b.1716Addison Free-holder No. 4 ⁋3 The old and wither'd Matrons, known by the frightful Name of Gouvernantes and Duegnas. 1800M. Edgeworth Belinda (1833) I. xi. 200 A beautiful young girl, and an elderly lady whom they took for her gouvernante. 1838Lytton Calderon iii, She was living with an old relation, or gouvernante.
c.1781Hayley Tri. Temper i. 150 What ills the little female haunt, The testy nurse, th' imperious gouvernante. 1828Miss Mitford Village III. 113 During the church⁓wardenship of Farmer Brookes, no less than three village gouvernantes arrived at Aberleigh. 1865Look before you leap I. 179 Disregarding her gouvernante, she went straight to Neville. |