governante
noun
gov·er·nante
| \ ˈgəvə(r)nənt\
variants:
or gouvernante \ ˈgüv- , ¦güv- \
plural -s
Definition of governante
1
archaic
: a woman having charge of a young person : chaperone sense 2, governess sense 2
attended by … an old gentlewoman for her governante— Jedidiah Morse
3
obsolete
: governess sense 1
the government devolved upon the princess, as governante during her son's minority— Tobias Smollett
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