dauphiness

American  

[daw-fi-nis] / ˈdɔ fɪ nɪs /

noun

1. dauphine.

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Gender

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

Etymology

Origin of dauphiness

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

Example Sentences

As dauphin and dauphiness they naturally had a great following, and as king and queen their taste was paramount, and the style became established.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot

The pension then settled on him was 36,000 livres, and when the dauphiness arrived 1000 livres a month were provided for her private purse10.

From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Putnam, Ruth

In anticipation of the marriage, a lady, Madame de Maintenon, whose name henceforth became inseparably connected with that of Louis XIV., was appointed to the distinguished post of "mistress of the robes" to the dauphiness.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

To Maria Antoinette it was, however, excessively annoying, and though she submitted to it while she was dauphiness, as soon as she ascended the throne she discontinued the practice.

From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

After some difficulties, overcome chiefly by the intervention of Gluck’s former pupil the dauphiness Marie Antoinette, the opera was at last accepted and performed at the Acad�mie de Musique, on the 19th of April 1774.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various