Mazarin

[ maz-uh-rin, maz-uh-reen; French ma-za-ran ]

/ ˈmæz ə rɪn, ˌmæz əˈrin; French ma zaˈrɛ̃ /

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noun

Jules

[joolz; French zhyl], /dʒulz; French ʒül/, Giulio Mazarini, 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy: chief minister of Louis XIV 1642–61.

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Words nearby Mazarin

May wine, Maywood, mazaedium, mazard, Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazarin, mazarine, Mazar-i-Sharif, Mazatec, Mazatlán, Mazda

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How to use Mazarin in a sentence

Moreover, Madame de Mazarin kept a good table and an open house—two means of silencing scandal that are not yet ineffective.
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Mazarin was dead, but Anne of Austria took upon herself to resent the sneer.
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When Madame de Mazarin came to England he had been established fourteen years in that country.
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This game became the rage, and Morin dethroned the whole intellectual areopagus at Madame de Mazarin's.
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The arrival of the couple could offer nothing but embarrassment to the Duchesse de Mazarin.
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British Dictionary definitions for Mazarin

Mazarin

/ (ˈmæzərɪn, French mazarɛ̃) /

noun

Jules (ʒyl), original name Giulio Mazarini. 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy. He succeeded Richelieu (1642) as chief minister to Louis XIII and under the regency of Anne of Austria (1643–61). Despite the disturbances of the Fronde (1648–53), he strengthened the power of France in Europe

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