governess
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Marion Crawford, known as Crawfie, had been governess to the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House as a governess with a secret, which would be enough for many a novel set in Victorian England.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025
No one would have to become a governess.
From New York Times • May 28, 2023
An Austrian governess and white-gloved butlers looked after 6-year-old Birgit.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022
Just ask a long-grieving widow whose husband drowned in a medicinal tar pit, or a plucky young governess who spent more than half her life wondering whether she might someday see her parents again.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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