See also:

• DUENNA (Span. duena, a married lady or mistress, Lat. domina)

DUENNA (Span. duena, a married See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady or See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress, See also:

• LAT

Lat. domina)  , specifically the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady-in-waiting upon the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . The word is more widely applied, however, to an elderly lady in See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and Portuguese households (holding a position midway between a governess and See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion) appointed to take See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young girls of the See also:

• FAMILY

family; and " See also:

• DUENNA (Span. duena, a married lady or mistress, Lat. domina)

duenna " is thus used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English as a synonym for See also:

• CHAPERON

chaperon (q.v.) .