duenna
noun
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
duennaship
-
a word derived from
duenna.
Example Sentences
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Apparently she never has the chance of being actually guilty, for her husband finally, and very properly, shuts her up in a country house under strong duennaship.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
