dauphiness

[ daw-fi-nis ]

/ ˈdɔ fɪ nɪs /

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noun

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Origin of dauphiness

1540–50; earlier daulphiness.See dauphin, -ess

What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.

Then I shall make you change your note; which will help me in the good graces of the dauphiness, whom you have offended.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas
Catherine was therefore less happy and less powerful after she became queen of France than while she was dauphiness.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
After the meal, the dauphiness came out on the balcony to take leave of her hosts.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas
The courtiers passed under the balcony to salute the king, who named such of them to the dauphiness as she did not already know.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas

Above all she had dwelt upon the necessity of not letting the Choiseul party win possession of the dauphiness.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas