Looking for a word

Dec 12, 2011 11:39

[11:32] R: Keep in mind that .kArix. (the word that translates as "teacher") actually refers to a sort of nurse/teacher/maid hybrid.
[11:33] R: This language was designed as the "natural" language of a fictional species I created.
[11:34] 月影: So more like... caretaker?
[11:34] 月影: Or caretaker who isn't parent?
[11:34] 月影: * a parent
[11:37] R: I know there was an analogous version in Victorian England, but I can't remember the name for them.

ETA: Turns out he was looking for was "governess".
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