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Dauphiness

DAU'PHINESS

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Noun.
The wife or lady of the dauphin.
DAVINA, n. A new Vesuvian mineral of a hexahedral form and laminar texture; so called in honor of Sir H. Davy.
DAV'IT, n. A beam used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; an operation called fishing the anchor.
DAW, v.i. To dawn.
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DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.
DAWK, v.t. To cut or mark with an incision.
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Definition 2024

dauphiness

dauphiness

English

Noun

dauphiness ‎(plural dauphinesses)

  1. The wife of a dauphin.
    • 1920, Lucy Abbot Throop, Furnishing the Home of Good Taste:
      As dauphin and dauphiness they naturally had a great following, and as king and queen their taste was paramount, and the style became established.
    • 1908, Hugo P. Thieme, Women of Modern France:
      After gaining his confidence by her sincerity and trustworthiness, and making herself indispensable to him, she succeeded in bringing about the desired separation, through the medium of the dauphiness, whom she won over to her cause.
    • 1818, Lucy Aikin, Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth:
      Melvil was born in Fifeshire in the year 1530, of a family patronized by the queen regent, Mary of Guise, who having taken into her own service his brothers Robert and Andrew, both afterwards noted in public life, determined to send James to France to be brought up as page to the queen her daughter, then dauphiness.

Etymology

dauphin +‎ -ess

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