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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.

 

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