dauphiness
Americannoun
Gender
What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.
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Origin of dauphiness
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Her husband's infatuation respecting Diana of Poitiers embittered her life when dauphiness, and compelled her as queen to tolerate the presence of the king's mistress, and pay her an insincere respect.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird
Such was the posture of affairs when preparations were made for the reception of the dauphiness with the utmost magnificence.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Just at this time the dauphiness gave birth to a son.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
He gave the new dauphiness Madame de Maintenon as her mistress of the robes.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black
The timid, shrinking dauphiness, forced to the arms of an unwilling husband, himself a mere cipher, had expanded into a fascinating woman, reigning triumphantly over the court and the affections of her vacillating spouse.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various
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