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tutoress

[too-ter-is, tyoo-] / ˈtu tər ɪs, ˈtju- /
NOUN
governess
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The tutoress of the Princess Rosanie pursues her task, and pursues it triumphantly, by dividing the child into twelve interim personalities, each of whom has a special characteristic—beauty, gentleness, vivacity, discretion, and what not.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury

Here I underwent a second survey, which ended in the full approbation of Mrs. Phoebe Ayres, the name of my tutoress elect, to whose care and instruction I was affectionately recommended.

From Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Of course it was the lot of the hapless tutoress to select such a moment as this in which to sweetly chide the girl for some lapse of form.

From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach

She, our famed tutoress, with kind endeavour, Bound us from that day forth with heart and hand, When met fair Elgga's tribes, that we should never In hostile ranks before each other stand.

From Poems by Denis Florence MacCarthy

Now, love was Miss Amelia Sedley's last tutoress, and it was amazing what progress our young lady made under that popular teacher.

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray


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