The Collaborative International Dictionary
Governante
Governante \Gov"ern*ante"\, n. [F. gouvernante. See Govern.]
A governess.
--Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
governante
n. (context archaic English) A governess.
Usage examples of "governante".
In the beginning of the year, the court of London was overwhelmed with affliction at the death of the princess dowager of Orange and Nassau, governante of the United Provinces in the minority of her son, the present stadtholder.