Marie

American  

[muh-ree, ma-ree] / məˈri, maˈri /

noun

1. Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.

2. a female given name, French form of Mary.

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Marie British  

/ məˈriː /

noun

1. 1875–1938, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she secured Romania's support for the Allies in World War I

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Example Sentences

The same qualities that got “Lost in Translation” lauded for its dreamy atmosphere prompted attacks on “Marie Antoinette” for being cosseted and self-indulgent, which had more to do with critics’ sympathies toward the former’s melancholy May-December romance and their hostility to the feminine frippery of the latter than any profound shift between the two.

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I was living in Paris after “Marie Antoinette.”

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“Marie Antoinette” was almost defiantly girly.

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With “Marie Antoinette” I got to really indulge my feminine side.

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Some of the more condescending reviews of “Marie Antoinette” made a facile equation between you and your protagonist, as if you were the flippant queen dousing herself in luxury.

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