mazarine

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

/ ˌmæz əˈrin, ˈmæz əˌrin, -rɪn /

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noun

a deep, rich blue.

a silver strainer fitting over a meat dish and used for draining the water from boiled fish.

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Origin of mazarine

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

A vast and enthusiastic audience thronged, with joyous clatter, through narrow Rues Mazarine and Dauphine, coming from the river.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
In this quarter their general direction is well marked out by the Rue Mazarine.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
You've hidden all her hair under that mazarine, and too many patches become not a brown skin.
Audrey|Mary Johnston
The Duchess of Mazarine, he observes, is reported to have hastened her death by intemperate drinking of strong spirits.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French

The Bibliothque Mazarine is in the part of the building covering the spot where the petit htel de Nesle stood of old.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff