dauphiness
Americannoun
Gender
What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of dauphiness
Example Sentences
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The birth of an heir to the crown added much to the personal importance of the dauphiness.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Louis XIV. allowed the dauphiness to pursue her own course.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The unhappy dauphiness, who had long been immersed in the profoundest gloom, at last found a welcome retreat in the grave.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The dauphin, the dauphiness, and their eldest child were all dead.
From A Short History of France by Parmele, Mary Platt
Angélique! do not forget to compliment Monseigneur the bishop on the dignity I have conferred upon him, of almoner to the dauphiness.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
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