dauphiness
Americannoun
Gender
What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of dauphiness
Example Sentences
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Then came the laying of the cornerstone, which duty was performed by the dauphin and dauphiness.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
He had many children; one of his daughters became dauphiness of France, and another duchess of Brittany.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
He won the personal support of Louis XV. for his candidature, although the policy of the French ministers was to establish the house of Saxony in Poland, as the dauphiness was a daughter of Augustus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
The sweetness, the tact, the rare faculties of the dauphiness had triumphed over all obstacles.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
Early in the year 1680 Madame de Maintenon and M. Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, who had educated the dauphin, accompanied by a suitable retinue, proceeded to Schelestadt to receive the dauphiness.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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