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duenna definition

du·enna (do̵̅o̅ en′ə, dyo̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. an elderly woman who has charge of the girls and young unmarried women of a Spanish or Portuguese family
  2. a chaperon or governess

Etymology: Sp dueña < L domina, mistress: see dame

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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