dauphiness
Americannoun
Gender
What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of dauphiness
Example Sentences
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Just at this time the dauphiness gave birth to a son.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
To Maria Antoinette it was, however, excessively annoying, and though she submitted to it while she was dauphiness, as soon as she ascended the throne she discontinued the practice.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The action of the dauphiness, however, paved the way for a reconciliation between Piccini and Gluck.
From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles....
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
"Why," she thought, "should not Monsieur de Taverney have partaken the epidemic passion which pervaded all France for the dauphiness in 1774?"
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
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