governess
/ˈɡʌvɚnəs/ verb C2- To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.
He/she/it governesses · Past governessed · Past participle governessed · -ing form governessing
Verb forms
- Base form
- governess
- He/she/it
- governesses
- Past
- governessed
- Past participle
- governessed
- -ing form
- governessing
From the library
“Has your governess left you?”
“We never had any governess.”
“No governess!
Five daughters brought up at home without a governess!
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