DUENNA
\djˈuːənə], \djˈuːənə], \d_j_ˈuː_ə_n_ə]\
Definitions of DUENNA
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.
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An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family.
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Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess.
By Oddity Software
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The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.
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An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family.
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Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess.
By Noah Webster.
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An elderly Spanish or Portuguese lady who acts as a guardian to a younger one; a governess. Also, duefia.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The chief lady in waiting on the Queen of Spain: an elderly female, holding a middle station between a governess and companion, appointed to take charge of the younger female members of Spanish and Portuguese families: an old woman who is kept to guard a younger: a governess. "I bribed her duenna."-Arbuthnot.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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