| 单词 | lady governess |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady governess lady governess n. (also with capital initials) now historical a woman of high rank having charge of a young person, esp. a prince or princess (cf. sense 3c); (later also) a gentlewoman employed as a tutor in a household (cf. Compounds 1d(c)). ΚΠ ?c1500 For Christening of Prince or Princess (BL MS Add. 38174) f. 12 The child to be borne vnto the nourcery where it shalbe norished wt a lady governouz of the norsery. 1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes Ep. Ded. sig. A4 To the Right Honorable..Mary, Covntess of Dorset; Lady Governess to the most Illustrious, Charles, Prince of great Britain. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 167 The Method of expostulating with his Lady-Governess. 1821 Gentleman's Mag. May 336/2 The Querist knows the etiquette of a Lady Governess..but he has never heard of dry and wet-nurses being (according to etiquette) strictly required to be of noble descent. 1859 Dublin Rev. Mar. 93 That most suffering section of the poor, the lady-governess class. 1904 Times 24 May 14/3 Wanted, Lady Governess, North German, good English teacher. 2003 D. Loades Elizabeth I iii. 41 For the time being she was simply one of Elizabeth's gentlewomen, and it was not until..October 1537 that she became lady governess, and began to take her charge's education and training in hand. < as lemmas |
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