governess

Worttrennung:

gov·ern·ess, Plural: gov·ern·ess·es

Aussprache:

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Hörbeispiele:  governess (US-amerikanisch) ^(Info)

Bedeutungen:

[1] Gouvernante, Hauslehrerin

[2] veraltet: Gouverneurin, Herrscherin

Beispiele:

[1] "Moreover, I wanted to try and right the wrongs of the Disney film, which, while making this governess very popular, reduced her intriguing nature to a spoonful of sugar and much frivolity."[1]

[1] "'You do need a governess, Tim Colton, if you mean to act like a spoiled child."[2]

[1] "The rise and fall of the English governess, the domestic heroine who inspired Victorian literature’s greatest authors."[3]

[2] ""'Well, governess-she was the female heir to the seat of governorship.'… 'I mean, if this governess woman is really a threat to his country, he'll have to help me get Curtis back!'"[4]

Wortbildungen:

governessy, subgoverness, undergoverness

[1] Englischer Wikipedia-Artikel „governess“

[1] Lexico (Oxford University Press) „governess“

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Macmillan Dictionary: „governess“ (britisch), „governess“ (US-amerikanisch)

[1] Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: „governess“

[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „governess“

[1, 2] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „governess“

[1] PONS Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „governess“

[1] dict.cc Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „governess“

[1] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „governess“

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