Antoinette

[ an-twuh-net, -tuh-; French ahn-twa-net ]

/ ˌæn twəˈnɛt, -tə-; French ɑ̃ twaˈnɛt /

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noun

Ma·rie

[muh-ree; French ma-ree], /məˈri; French maˈri/, 1755–93, queen of France 1774–93: wife of Louis XVI.

a female given name: derived from Antoine

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Words nearby Antoinette

Antlia, antlike, ant lion, Antofagasta, Antoine, Antoinette, Anton, Antonello da Messina, Antonescu, Antonia, Antonine Wall

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How to use Antoinette in a sentence

Her claims of being “dead broke” or “not truly well off” sound almost as empathetic as Marie Antoinette telling folks to eat cake.
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Think Marie Antoinette and her semi-public dressing rituals.
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Antoinette Tuff, who tried to kill herself nine months earlier, talked him out of it.
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His first profile will focus on the style of Marie Antoinette with contemporary portrait artist Elizabeth Peyton.
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Screenplays for Marie Antoinette, The Women, and Madame Curie fizzled.
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We should tell of the ormolu mounts of the little table, and how it really once belonged to Marie Antoinette.
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A short time after this she was taken to pass a week at the luxurious abodes of Maria Antoinette.
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Maria Antoinette would have gone through fire and blood to have rallied those hosts around her banner.
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The princess was in the family conclave which met to consider an amorous escapade of the Duchesse Antoinette de Langeais.
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Marie Antoinette read the letter, but not understanding it, twisted it up into a taper and lighted it at her candle.
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British Dictionary definitions for Antoinette

Antoinette

/ (French ɑ̃twanɛt) /

noun

See Marie Antoinette

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