governesses

noun

plural of governess
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as in mammies

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as in readers

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  1. mammies
  2. readers
  3. nannies
  4. doctors
  5. professors
  6. pedants
  7. preachers
  8. academics
Noun
  • These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
    — Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of mammies
Noun
  • Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The urban centers in this neck of the woods are also very large and—at the risk of chafing readers in the other three-quarters of the country—our biggest towns are also tremendously important.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of readers
Noun
  • Often, this includes a retinue of staff — assistants, nannies, security guards — involved in the raising and protection of children.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The filing accused Thomas of having refused to allow nannies into his house with his daughter, including one assigned by the court, and of using drugs.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of nannies
Noun
  • Her doctors were transparent that some add-ons might help some people, while others, inexplicably, might see no benefit.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Just before the child turned 2, doctors estimated their developmental age to be around 6 weeks.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • So, when more than 3,000 of their professors — mostly math and science teachers — recently signed a letter calling for the return of the SAT, everyone took notice.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Ryan co-authored the study with Reid Weisbord and David Horton, law professors at Rutgers Law School and University of California, Davis, School of Law, respectively.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of professors
Noun
  • Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.
    — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Definition of pedants
Noun
  • People of faith often embraced his work, and preachers sometimes cited it in sermons.
    — Courier Journal staff, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Politicians and preachers denounced them for blasphemy, perversion, and their loud support for civil rights.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of preachers
Noun
  • The team combines expertise from engineering science, philosophy and experimental psychology, supported by the University of Oxford senior academics combining academic rigor with Polestar’s automotive expertise.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
  • These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability.
    — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of academics
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