dauphiness
Americannoun
Gender
What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of dauphiness
Example Sentences
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The king died; the mistress was banished in luxurious exile; and the dauphiness became the ill-starred Queen of France.
From Burke by Morley, John
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
The action of the dauphiness, however, paved the way for a reconciliation between Piccini and Gluck.
From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
"Why," she thought, "should not Monsieur de Taverney have partaken the epidemic passion which pervaded all France for the dauphiness in 1774?"
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
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
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