Marie Antoinette

[ muh-ree-an-twuh-net, an-tuh-; French ma-reeahn-twa-net ]

/ məˈri ˌæn twəˈnɛt, ˌæn tə-; French maˈri ɑ̃ twaˈnɛt /

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noun

Joséphe Jeanne Marie Antoinette, 1755–93, queen of France 1774–93: wife of Louis XVI; executed in the French Revolution (daughter of Maria Theresa; sister of Joseph II, Leopold II).

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How to use Marie Antoinette in a sentence

From June 1791 to August 1792, as Marie Antoinette and the rest of the royal family were confined to Paris’ Tuileries Palace following an escape attempt, the queen managed a clandestine correspondence with Swedish Count Axel von Fersen.
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Gabriella Therese Marie and Jacques Honore Rainier were born just after 5pm local time, the statement said.
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“She would be my ‘boss lady,’” Crowe writes of the indefatigable Anne Marie.
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I had created an image of Anne Marie in my head, happy and well.
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We should tell of the ormolu mounts of the little table, and how it really once belonged to Marie Antoinette.
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A short time after this she was taken to pass a week at the luxurious abodes of Maria Antoinette.
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They decided to engage as pianoforte teacher a young lady called Marie Markovna Palchikov.
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Maria Antoinette would have gone through fire and blood to have rallied those hosts around her banner.
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British Dictionary definitions for Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

/ (French mari ɑ̃twanɛt) /

noun

1755–93, queen of France (1774–93) by marriage to Louis XVI of France. Her opposition to reform during the Revolution contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; guillotined

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Cultural definitions for Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

[ (muh-ree an-twuh-net, an-tuh-net) ]

A French queen, born in Austria, who was beheaded on the guillotine during the French Revolution. Her husband, King Louis XVI, was also beheaded.