Word Meanings - GOVERNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.

• Direct-acting
  Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts.
• Invested
  of Invest
• DIRECTOIRESTYLE
  A style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory, characterized by great extravagance of design and imitating the Greek and Roman costumes.
• Female rhymes
  double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.
• Investing
  of Invest
• DIRECTPRIMARY
  A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for office are made.
• Authority
  Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority o
• Direction
  The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
• Female fern
  a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern.
• Womanhead
  Alt. of Womanhede
• FEMALEFERN
  a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfæmina), growing in many countries; lady fern. Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexua
• Directive
  Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.
• Investient
  Covering; clothing.

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