Exact Match:
- governess
- a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
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Related Words:
- abbess
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- canoness,
- chatelaine,
- clergywoman,
- conventual,
- dame,
- dowager,
- first lady,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- great lady,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- lady superior,
- madam,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- novice,
- nun,
- postulant,
- prioress,
- religieuse,
- secular canoness,
- sister,
- superioress,
- the reverend mother
- madam
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- a woman who runs a house of prostitution related words >
- Frau,
- Fraulein,
- Miss,
- Mistress,
- Mlle,
- Mme,
- Mmes,
- abbess,
- bawd,
- chatelaine,
- dame,
- dona,
- donna,
- dowager,
- fancy man,
- first lady,
- gigolo,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- great lady,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- lady,
- madame,
- mademoiselle,
- maquereau,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mem-sahib,
- mesdames,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- pander,
- panderer,
- pimp,
- procurer,
- procuress,
- senhora,
- senhorita,
- signora,
- signorina,
- vrouw,
- white slaver
- matron
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- a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
- a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
- a wardress in a prison related words >
- Eve,
- Frau,
- abbess,
- better half,
- chatelaine,
- common-law wife,
- concubine,
- dame,
- daughter of Eve,
- distaff,
- domina,
- donna,
- dowager,
- feme,
- feme covert,
- femme,
- first lady,
- frow,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- goodwife,
- goody,
- governess,
- grande dame,
- great lady,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- lady,
- lass,
- madam,
- married woman,
- matriarch,
- milady,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- old lady,
- old woman,
- rib,
- squaw,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- weaker vessel,
- wedded wife,
- wife,
- woman
- abigail,
- amah,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- chambermaid,
- chaperon,
- companion,
- cook,
- dry nurse,
- duenna,
- femme de chambre,
- fille de chambre,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- governess,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- hired girl,
- housemaid,
- kitchenmaid,
- lady-help,
- lady-in-waiting,
- live-in maid,
- live-out maid,
- maid,
- maidservant,
- mammy,
- nanny,
- nurse,
- nurserymaid,
- parlormaid,
- scullery maid,
- servant girl,
- servitress,
- sitter,
- soubrette,
- tweeny,
- upstairs maid,
- waiting maid,
- wench,
- wet nurse
- chatelaine
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- a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc.
- the mistress of a chateau or large country house related words >
- abbess,
- anklet,
- armlet,
- bangle,
- beads,
- bijou,
- bracelet,
- breastpin,
- brooch,
- captain,
- castellan,
- chain,
- chaplet,
- charm,
- chatelain,
- circle,
- commandant,
- commander,
- coronet,
- crown,
- dame,
- diadem,
- director,
- dowager,
- earring,
- executive,
- first lady,
- fob,
- gem,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- governor,
- great lady,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- intendant,
- jewel,
- locket,
- madam,
- manager,
- master,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- necklace,
- nose ring,
- pin,
- precious stone,
- rhinestone,
- ring,
- ruler,
- stickpin,
- stone,
- tiara,
- torque,
- wampum,
- wristband,
- wristlet
- dowager
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- a widow holding property received from her deceased husband related words >
- Eve,
- Frau,
- abbess,
- beldam,
- chatelaine,
- crone,
- dame,
- daughter of Eve,
- distaff,
- domina,
- donna,
- femme,
- first lady,
- frow,
- frump,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- grandam,
- grande dame,
- grandmother,
- granny,
- great lady,
- hag,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- lady,
- lass,
- madam,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- milady,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- old battle-ax,
- old dame,
- old girl,
- old granny,
- old lady,
- old trot,
- old wife,
- old woman,
- queen dowager,
- relict,
- squaw,
- trot,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- war-horse,
- weaker vessel,
- widow,
- widow woman,
- widower,
- widowman,
- witch,
- woman
- duenna
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- a woman chaperon related words >
- abigail,
- amah,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- bodyguard,
- cavalier,
- chambermaid,
- chaperon,
- companion,
- conductor,
- convoy,
- cook,
- dame,
- educatress,
- escort,
- esquire,
- fellow traveler,
- femme de chambre,
- fille de chambre,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- governess,
- guard,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- hired girl,
- housemaid,
- instructress,
- kitchenmaid,
- lady-help,
- lady-in-waiting,
- live-in maid,
- live-out maid,
- maid,
- maidservant,
- mistress,
- nursemaid,
- parlormaid,
- safe-conduct,
- schooldame,
- schoolmarm,
- schoolmistress,
- scullery maid,
- servant girl,
- servitress,
- shepherd,
- soubrette,
- squire,
- swain,
- tutoress,
- tweeny,
- upstairs maid,
- usher,
- waiting maid,
- wench
- matriarch
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- a female head of a family or tribe
- a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) related words >
- Methuselah,
- abbess,
- antediluvian,
- antique,
- back number,
- chatelaine,
- conservative,
- dad,
- dam,
- dame,
- dodo,
- dowager,
- elder,
- first lady,
- fogy,
- fossil,
- foster mother,
- fud,
- fuddy-duddy,
- genetrix,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- grande dame,
- granny,
- great lady,
- has-been,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- longhair,
- ma,
- madam,
- mam,
- mama,
- mammy,
- mater,
- materfamilias,
- maternal ancestor,
- matron,
- mid-Victorian,
- mistress,
- mom,
- mommy,
- mossback,
- mother,
- mother superior,
- mummy,
- old believer,
- old crock,
- old dodo,
- old fogy,
- old liner,
- old man,
- old poop,
- old woman,
- old-timer,
- patriarch,
- pop,
- pops,
- reactionary,
- regular old fogy,
- relic,
- square,
- starets,
- stepmother,
- the old woman,
- traditionalist
- mistress
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- a woman master who directs the work of others
- an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man related words >
- Dulcinea,
- abbess,
- beneficiary,
- best girl,
- cestui,
- cestui que trust,
- cestui que use,
- chatelaine,
- concubine,
- dame,
- deedholder,
- dowager,
- doxy,
- dream girl,
- duenna,
- educatress,
- feoffee,
- feudatory,
- first lady,
- gill,
- girl,
- girl friend,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- great lady,
- headmistress,
- homemaker,
- householder,
- housewife,
- inamorata,
- instructress,
- jill,
- jo,
- kept mistress,
- kept woman,
- lady,
- lady love,
- laird,
- landlady,
- landlord,
- lass,
- lassie,
- lord,
- lover,
- madam,
- master,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mesne,
- mesne lord,
- mother superior,
- odalisque,
- old lady,
- owner,
- paramour,
- playmate,
- proprietary,
- proprietor,
- proprietress,
- proprietrix,
- rentier,
- schooldame,
- schoolmarm,
- schoolmistress,
- squire,
- titleholder,
- tutoress,
- unofficial wife,
- woman
- chaperon
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- one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people related words >
- abigail,
- amah,
- attend,
- attend to,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- baby-sit,
- bear,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- bodyguard,
- boss,
- bring,
- care for,
- carry,
- cavalier,
- chambermaid,
- cherish,
- companion,
- conduct,
- conductor,
- conserve,
- consort with,
- convoy,
- cook,
- duenna,
- escort,
- esquire,
- fellow traveler,
- femme de chambre,
- fille de chambre,
- foster,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- governess,
- guard,
- guide,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- hired girl,
- housemaid,
- keep watch over,
- kitchenmaid,
- lady-help,
- lady-in-waiting,
- lead,
- live-in maid,
- live-out maid,
- look after,
- look out for,
- look to,
- maid,
- maidservant,
- marshal,
- matronize,
- mind,
- minister to,
- mother,
- nurse,
- nursemaid,
- nurture,
- overlook,
- oversee,
- parlormaid,
- preserve,
- protege,
- provide for,
- quarterback,
- ride herd on,
- safe-conduct,
- scullery maid,
- see after,
- see to,
- servant girl,
- servitress,
- shepherd,
- soubrette,
- squire,
- superintend,
- supervise,
- support,
- survey,
- swain,
- take care of,
- take charge of,
- take out,
- tend,
- tweeny,
- upstairs maid,
- usher,
- wait on,
- waiting maid,
- watch,
- watch out for,
- watch over,
- wench
- dame
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- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" related words >
- Eve,
- Frau,
- Fraulein,
- Jane,
- Miss,
- Mistress,
- Mlle,
- Mme,
- Mmes,
- abbess,
- archduchess,
- babe,
- baby,
- baroness,
- beldam,
- biddy,
- bird,
- bitch,
- broad,
- chatelaine,
- chick,
- colleen,
- countess,
- crone,
- cutie,
- damoiselle,
- damsel,
- daughter of Eve,
- demoiselle,
- distaff,
- doll,
- domina,
- dona,
- donna,
- dowager,
- duchess,
- duenna,
- educatress,
- femme,
- filly,
- first lady,
- frail,
- frow,
- frump,
- gal,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- girlie,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- grand duchess,
- grandam,
- grandmother,
- granny,
- great lady,
- hag,
- heifer,
- hen,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- hoyden,
- instructress,
- jeune fille,
- jill,
- junior miss,
- khanum,
- lady,
- lass,
- lassie,
- little missy,
- madam,
- madame,
- mademoiselle,
- maid,
- maiden,
- marchioness,
- margravine,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mem-sahib,
- mesdames,
- milady,
- minx,
- miss,
- missy,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- noblewoman,
- nymphet,
- old battle-ax,
- old dame,
- old girl,
- old granny,
- old lady,
- old trot,
- old wife,
- old woman,
- peeress,
- piece,
- romp,
- schooldame,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolmaid,
- schoolmarm,
- schoolmiss,
- schoolmistress,
- senhora,
- senhorita,
- signora,
- signorina,
- skirt,
- slip,
- squaw,
- subdeb,
- subdebutante,
- subteen,
- subteener,
- teenybopper,
- tomato,
- tomboy,
- trot,
- tutoress,
- virgin,
- viscountess,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- war-horse,
- weaker vessel,
- wench,
- witch,
- woman,
- young creature,
- young thing
- servant
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- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) related words >
- Charlie McCarthy,
- Ganymede,
- acolyte,
- adherent,
- adjutant,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- amah,
- ancilla,
- appendage,
- appliance,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- au pair girl,
- auxiliary,
- ayah,
- best man,
- blue-collar worker,
- bondmaid,
- bondman,
- bondslave,
- bondsman,
- bondswoman,
- boots,
- boy,
- breadwinner,
- butler,
- captive,
- casual,
- casual laborer,
- charwoman,
- chatelaine,
- chattel,
- chattel slave,
- chauffeur,
- chef,
- churl,
- civil servant,
- cleaner,
- cleaning man,
- cleaning woman,
- coachman,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- common laborer,
- concubine,
- contrivance,
- cook,
- creature,
- daily,
- dangler,
- day laborer,
- debt slave,
- dependent,
- deputy,
- device,
- domestic servant,
- driver,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- employee,
- executive officer,
- factory worker,
- factotum,
- flunky,
- follower,
- footman,
- free lance,
- free-lancer,
- full-time worker,
- galley slave,
- go-between,
- governess,
- groom,
- hand,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- hanger-on,
- heeler,
- helot,
- help,
- helper,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- henchman,
- homager,
- houseboy,
- housekeeper,
- houseman,
- implement,
- industrial worker,
- inferior,
- instrument,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- jobber,
- jobholder,
- junior,
- laborer,
- laboring man,
- lackey,
- lever,
- liege,
- liege man,
- liege subject,
- lieutenant,
- maid,
- maidservant,
- man,
- manservant,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- menial,
- midwife,
- migrant,
- minion,
- moiler,
- nanny,
- navvy,
- nurse,
- nursemaid,
- odalisque,
- office temporary,
- organ,
- page,
- paranymph,
- paraprofessional,
- pawn,
- peon,
- plaything,
- postilion,
- proletarian,
- public servant,
- puppet,
- retainer,
- right-hand man,
- roustabout,
- salaried worker,
- satellite,
- scullion,
- second,
- secondary,
- self-employed person,
- seneschal,
- serf,
- servitor,
- shadow,
- sideman,
- slave,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- stiff,
- stooge,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- tagtail,
- temporary,
- theow,
- thrall,
- toiler,
- tool,
- toy,
- tweeny,
- underling,
- understrapper,
- upstairs maid,
- valet,
- vassal,
- vehicle,
- villein,
- wage earner,
- wage slave,
- wageworker,
- waiter,
- waitress,
- ward heeler,
- wine steward,
- worker,
- workgirl,
- workhand,
- working girl,
- workingman,
- workingwoman,
- workman
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