Antoinette

American  

[an-twuh-net, -tuh-, ahn-twa-net] / ˌæn twəˈnɛt, -tə-, ɑ̃ twaˈnɛt /

noun

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

2. a first name: derived from Antoine.

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Antoinette British  

/ ɑ̃twanɛt /

noun

1. See Marie Antoinette

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Example Sentences

“Even in a bitterly cold winter primary, there is a lot of energy on the ground” behind Mejia, said Antoinette Miles, the party’s current state director.

From Salon

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s “Marie Antoinette Style” shows Marie Antoinette as a queen for all seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal

The “age of chivalry is gone,” Edmund Burke lamented after the guillotining of Marie Antoinette of France on Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal

Curated by Sarah Grant of the V&A, this dazzling exhibition presents 250 objects in a sequence of 10 spaces, from images of power such as Marie Antoinette’s portraits, jewelry and monogrammed silverware to the debris of revolution, including fragments of her dresses and wax effigies of her severed head.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marie Antoinette was an exemplary monarch.

From The Wall Street Journal