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dauphine
1[ daw-feen; French doh-feen ]
Dauphiné
2[ doh-fee-ney ]
noun
- a historical region and former province of SE France.
Dauphiné
1/ dofine /
noun
- a former province of SE France: its rulers, the Counts of Vienne, assumed the title of dauphin; annexed to France in 1457
dauphine
2/ dofin; ˈdɔːfiːn; dɔːˈfiːn; ˈdɔːfɪnɪs /
noun
- French history the wife of a dauphin
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A vast and enthusiastic audience thronged, with joyous clatter, through narrow Rues Mazarine and Dauphine, coming from the river.
They say that Charles X. is much broken, and the Dauphine is aged and very thin and nervous, always in tears.
She was lady-in-waiting to Madame la Dauphine, whom she followed into exile.
Dauphine therefore is not altogether so naughty as this Author represents him.
But as soon as Ambroisine had a moment to herself, she hastened to Rue Dauphine, to exchange a clasp of the hand with her friend.
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