A woman who has charge of a child or young person; a governess. Obsolete.

A woman who teaches in a school. In early use also: †a governess (obsolete). Cf. mistress, n. 8 schoolmaster, n.1 1. Also figurative.

A woman responsible for a child or young person; a female tutor or guardian. Cf. later governess, n. 2.

A tutoress.

A female tutor: (a) a female guardian; (b) an instructress, a governess (rare).

A woman given responsibility for the care or education of children in a household; a governess. Later also more generally: a female teacher. Cf. gover…

= tutoress, n. a.

A female tutor. An instructress, a governess. Also figurative.

= directress, n.

In Spanish and Portuguese contexts: a (typically elderly) woman employed as a governess and companion to the young women or girls of a family. Now…

(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).)

A female teacher or instructor, esp. one employed in a private household. Chiefly historical in later use.

A female manager or director. †Formerly, also, a woman who conducted the education and ‘breeding’ of any one, a governess.

= mademoiselle, n. 2a.

A female who directs; †a governess. Also figurative.

A person usually referred to as ‘mademoiselle’, an unmarried French (or French-speaking) woman; spec. †(a) a (foreign) serving-maid (obsolete); (b)…

A young lady, ‘miss’. Often applied in England to German governesses.

A pet name for a governess (governess, n. 2c). Cf. nursey, n.

Applied to a girl or a woman. An English governess in France.