mazarine

[ maz-uh-reen, maz-uh-reen, -rin ]

noun

1. a deep, rich blue.
2. a silver strainer fitting over a meat dish and used for draining the water from boiled fish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mazarine¹

1665–75; < French, perhaps named after Cardinal Mazarin

Example Sentences

A vast and enthusiastic audience thronged, with joyous clatter, through narrow Rues Mazarine and Dauphine, coming from the river.

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In this quarter their general direction is well marked out by the Rue Mazarine.

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You've hidden all her hair under that mazarine, and too many patches become not a brown skin.

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The Duchess of Mazarine, he observes, is reported to have hastened her death by intemperate drinking of strong spirits.

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The Bibliothque Mazarine is in the part of the building covering the spot where the petit htel de Nesle stood of old.

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