duenna

• And with Esther for my duenna, things are sure to turn out all right On the lowest steps Polly passed a small boy hobbling up toward Esther's room. —  The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
• The monk had been left on board of the leaky vessel; there was no accommodation in the schooner for him or the duenna, and Don Felix de Maxos de Cobas de Manilla d'Alfarez was too busy with his cigar to pay attention to his daughter When they were landed, Edward Templemore was asked to their residence, which was not in the town, but at a lovely bay on the south side of the island. —  The Pirate
• A little later Fetherfool comes to terms with La Nuche's duenna, Petronella, whilst Willmore makes love to Ariadne. —  The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I
• The consternation of the hen whose brood of ducklings took to the water is a fit symbol of the horrified amazement with which an old-world "duenna" would be filled if she attempted to "look after" a bevy of typical American girls, with their independent--yet confused--ideas of social requirements in the matter of chaperonage In Europe, where social lines are distinctly drawn, a young woman either belongs "in society" or else she does not. —  Etiquette
• Though Mr Palliser had never mentioned that man's name to her, she was well aware that her duty as a duenna would make it expedient that she should keep a doubly wary eye upon him should he come near the sheepfold. —  Can You Forgive Her?

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