List of synonyms from "duck soup" to synonyms from "dulcify"
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Definition of the day : « duenna »
- As in governess : noun tutor
- As in chaperone : noun attendant
- She felt that she had been rather remiss in her duties as duenna, and was angry with herself.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- It is to be observed the duenna was of a most obliging disposition.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- Then the duenna resumed, and now came the worst of her story.
- Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- He told me that O'Brien had the duenna called to his room that morning.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- They must be torn away at once, or my character as duenna is lost for ever.'
- Extract from : « Shawl-Straps » by Louisa M. Alcott
- The duenna entered, and remained standing before her master.
- Extract from : « The Pearl of Lima » by Jules Verne
- She kept me in sight like a duenna, and strangely ill-treated me.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard
- Mary's duenna;—the artist who is supposed to be moulding the wife.
- Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
- That's her instituted governess, duenna, dragon, what you will.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
- The Sisters are the only duenna for you; and back to the convent you shall go to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Remember the Alamo » by Amelia E. Barr