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governoress

noun

Etymology

Originally from Middle English governeresse, from Old French governeresse. In this form (with -o-; unlike governeress, governer seems to have never been more common than the -o- form) and later uses, directly from governor + -ess.

  1. derived from governeresse
  2. inherited from governeresse

Definitions

  1. A woman employed to educate children in private households.

    • It took a firm governoress, boarding school and a finishing school to get rid of the rough edges — and, by her late teens, the young Princess [Alexandra] was emerging as a beautiful and serene woman.

  2. A female governor.

    • I was introduced by Mrs. Onward, the Governoress, to Mrs. Sapient, the Speakeress of the House.
    • Our modern governors (even the current governoress) do not deserve to be belittled as some sort of “gubers.”
    • The liberals in control now are just doing what they want. Let’s get things going and separate the states and maybe northern California might like to jump in also. We don’t even have a legal “governoress,” she just thinks she is.

  3. The wife of a governor.

    • Colonel Braddyll, soon after his marriage, was chosen governor of ⸺, in India, and Mrs. Braddyll, as governoress, or governor’s lady, was in the height of her glory.
    • That reminds me—my old mother in law was here with the Governor and Governoress of Gambia [Southorns] the other day.
    • “We have strong ties to all,” said Governoress [Adele Khoury] Graham.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA