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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
duenna /duːˈɛnə/

▶noun an older woman acting as a governess and chaperone to girls in a Spanish family.

– origin C17: earlier form of Sp. dueña, from L. domina ‘lady, mistress’.

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