American
[doo bar-ee, dyoo, dy ba-ree]
/ du ˈbær i, dju, dü baˈri /
noun
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Comtesse Marie Jeanne Bécu, 1746–93, mistress of Louis XV.
du Barry
British
/ dy bari, djuː ˈbærɪ /
noun
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Comtesse (kɔ̃tɛs), original name Marie Jeanne Bécu. ?1743–93, mistress of Louis XV, guillotined in the French Revolution
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