Mazarin

American  

[maz-uh-rin, maz-uh-reen, ma-za-ran] / ˈmæz ə rɪn, ˌmæz əˈrin, ma zaˈrɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jules Giulio Mazarini, 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy: chief minister of Louis XIV 1642–61.

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Mazarin British  

/ mazarɛ̃, ˈmæzərɪn /

noun

1. Jules (ʒyl), original name Giulio Mazarini. 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy. He succeeded Richelieu (1642) as chief minister to Louis XIII and under the regency of Anne of Austria (1643–61). Despite the disturbances of the Fronde (1648–53), he strengthened the power of France in Europe

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Example Sentences

Officers were called to an apartment in the 4200 block of Mazarin Place about 10:30 a.m. for a welfare check by a parent of one of those found dead, a police spokesman said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

"The Miraculous Draft of Fishes" also had belonged to Mazarin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2015

It originally belonged to a newly rich Dutchman, then passed through the hands of Cardinal Mazarin of France and a few British aristocrats.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2013

Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin of France dominated the remaining years of the war.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Cardinal Mazarin passed away in 1661, avaricious to the last, and counting with dying fingers the treasures to which his heart still clung.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta