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duenna

[doo-en-uh, dyoo-] / duˈɛn ə, dju- /


NOUN
governess
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Georgian discipline . . . a sketch of Sheridan’s duenna, or chaperone The early life of 18th-century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan sounds like the stuff of .

From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2010

Tatum's duenna, friend and confidante on the set is Diane Lewis, 34, the wife of Hedgemon, a black boxer Ryan O'Neal promoted.

From Time Magazine Archive

His teen-age escapades became staples of the gossip columns, and the studio hired a male duenna to keep him in line.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still the reader finds Melville awkward and even embarrassed in the presence of poetry, as if poetry were attended by a duenna and not a muse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Be sure you make me victorious over the duenna.

From Discipline by Mary Brunton


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