Word Meanings - GOVERNANTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A governess. Sir W. Scott.
Related words: (words related to GOVERNANTE)
- SCOTTICIZE
To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. - SCOTTISH
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect. - SCOTTISH TERRIER
See TERRIER - SCOTTERING
The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. - GOVERNESS
A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes. - SCOTTICISM
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson. - MASCOT; MASCOTTE
A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.