Antoinette

[ an-twuh-net, -tuh-; French ahn-twa-net ]

noun

1. Ma·rie [m, uh, -, ree, m, a, -, ree], 1755–93, queen of France 1774–93: wife of Louis XVI.
2. a first name: derived from Antoine.

Antoinette

/ ɑ̃twanɛt /

noun

1. See Marie Antoinette

Example Sentences

A watch made for Marie Antoinette is to go on display for the first time in the UK, at London's Science Museum.

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The last queen of France, Marie Antoinette was born in Austria in 1755 and sent to France to be the child bride of the future King Louis XVI.

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Abraham-Louis Breguet's No.160 Marie Antoinette timepiece features rubies, sapphires, platinum and gold.

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It is believed some of the jewels in the necklace sold on Wednesday were the original ones at the centre of the "affair of the diamond necklace" scandal in the 1780s, that may have hastened Marie Antoinette's demise.

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When Marie Antoinette, who had no knowledge of the transaction, was contacted about the absence of the final payment, the cardinal was arrested but declared innocent.

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