dauphin
[daw-fin; French doh-fan]
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noun, plural dau·phins [daw-finz; French doh-fan] /ˈdɔ fɪnz; French doʊˈfɛ̃/.
the eldest son of a king of France, used as a title from 1349 to 1830.
Origin of dauphin
1475–85; < French; Middle French dalphin, after Dauphiné, from an agreement to thus honor the province after its cession to France
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His steeds are not "faultless monsters" like the Dauphin's palfrey in Henry the Fifth.
De Libris: Prose and VerseAustin Dobson
A few days after this I had another interview with the Dauphin.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, CompleteDuc de Saint-Simon
On the 22d of October, 1781, the Queen gave birth to a Dauphin.
The birth of the Dauphin appeared to give joy to all classes.
The Queen also had one on duty with her, and so had the Dauphin.
dauphin
noun
Word Origin for dauphin
C15: from Old French: originally a family name; adopted as a title by the Counts of Vienne and later by the French crown princes
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