Maintenon

American

[mant^uh-nawn] / mɛ̃təˈnɔ̃ /

noun

Marquise de Françoise d'Aubigné, 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.

Maintenon British

/ mɛ̃tnɔ̃ /

noun

Marquise de, title of Françoise d'Aubigné. 1635–1719, the mistress and, from about 1685, second wife of Louis XIV

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"And what did he say?" exclaimed Madame de Maintenon, with an eagerness that she could not master.

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"But now, when you will, Charles, I am ready to go on; we may soon reach Maintenon."

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The Secret Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon with the Princess des Ursins, from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Choiseul.

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Madame De Maintenon, his married mistress, hideously caricatured, follows.

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In Madame de Montespan's household was a certain Madame de Maintenon, widow of the humpbacked little Scarron, who had once sued for Ninon de L'Enclos' favor.

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