What is "gouvernante"

Usage examples of "gouvernante".

Maar ze was niet meer noodig en een gouvernante voor de luxe er op na te houden, dat ging niet.

Then a lacquey, in magnificent livery, ushered them into a superb apartment, where they waited some minutes, without being favoured with the appearance of the ladies, to the manifest dissatisfaction of the abbe, who, sending for the gouvernante, reprimanded her severely for her want of politesse.

Polastron, femme du comte, puis duc de Polignac, gouvernante des Enfants de France.

Madame will entrust her child to the care of my daughter, and of her good gouvernante, Madame Perrodon, and permit her to remain as our guest, under my charge, until her return, it will confer a distinction and an obligation upon us, and we shall treat her with all the care and devotion which so sacred a trust deserves.

Polastron, femme du comte, puis duc de Polignac, gouvernante des Enfants de France.

I whispered to Patu, and, after a few philosophical considerations, addressing himself to madame la gouvernante, he said to her, "We will have a double dose, and of course pay double.

Monseigneur thought it would not be convenable for me to be with him until he had found a lady suitable to be my gouvernante, you see.