Mazarin

American  

[maz-uh-rin, maz-uh-reen, ma-za-ran] / ˈmæz ə rɪn, ˌmæz əˈrin, ma zaˈrɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jules Giulio Mazarini, 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy: chief minister of Louis XIV 1642–61.

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Mazarin British  

/ mazarɛ̃, ˈmæzərɪn /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Officers were called to an apartment in the 4200 block of Mazarin Place about 10:30 a.m. for a welfare check by a parent of one of those found dead, a police spokesman said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

Rossi, who had enjoyed a thriving, if tumultuous career in Rome, relocated to Paris, where, under the sponsorship of Cardinal Mazarin, he was tasked with introducing French audiences to Italian opera.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

The latter was still too young to take the throne, so his mother became regent, ruling along Richelieu’s protégé, Jules Mazarin, who continued Richelieu’s policies and focus on taxation and royal centralization.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

"The Miraculous Draft of Fishes" also had belonged to Mazarin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2015

The Abb� Choisy mentions a remarkable occurrence which took place at the house of the Countess of Soissons, a niece of the great Cardinal Mazarin.

From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de