Antoinette

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

noun

1. Marie 1755–93, queen of France 1774–93: wife of Louis XVI.

2. a first name: derived from Antoine.

Antoinette

/ ɑ̃twanɛt /

noun

1. See Marie Antoinette

Example Sentences

“We made a Marie Antoinette carriage that could fly,” he said.

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Jackie sees herself as a modern-day Marie Antoinette, but instead of saying “Let them eat cake” she has her driver bring back enough McDonald’s to feed an entire film crew.

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“He does a very good impersonation of Marie Antoinette in drag,” said Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago mayor who is eyeing his own 2028 presidential bid.

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As people make more money, the options available to them suddenly expand, says Antoinette Schoar, a professor of finance at MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Despite early parts in films like “Troy” and Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette,” Byrne first broke out in America opposite Glenn Close in the TV drama “Damages,” which ran from 2007 to 2012.

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