duenna

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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

Said one 128 president: "We don't let our chief scientist out of town without a duenna."

From Time Magazine Archive

A shy woman, virtuous and retiring, caring only for her % children, but determined to fulfil her role as duenna, as figurehead, as matriarch.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a duenna of young lovers, Actress Merle Oberon, 47, has been a smashing success.

From Time Magazine Archive

The duenna shook her head in an emphatic negative.

From The Azure Rose A Novel by Kauffman, Reginald Wright