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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governess/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governess/#x1)
- The governess taught the children their letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governess/#x2)
- In old stories a governess looks after the princes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governess/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «governess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.