Meaning of duenna | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman.
2. A governess or nanny.

Equivalents

Examples

“'Madam, I have⟳ a secret to tell⟳ you.' Now the very word secret is enough to rouse any one's curiosity; and, giving a quick glance⟳ round to see⟳ if her duennas were on the alert, she prepared to listen⟳, and I saw⟳ that her eye had caught sight of the letter.”

“Then he placed her in a house and shut⟳ her up in a chamber, appointing ten old women as duennas to guard her, and forbade her to go forth to the Seven Palaces.”

“I dared not do anything to spoil⟳ the image of me she had set⟳ up to adore. I had toadied to her when she was the awesome duenna of my darling, and a groveling something still persisted in my attitude toward her.”

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