Dauphiness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dauphiness is a noun meaning Synonym of dauphine.
Meaning
Synonym of dauphine.
Example Sentences
As dauphin and dauphiness they naturally had a great following, and as king and queen their taste was paramount, and the style became established.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- dauphinesses
Synonyms for dauphiness
Depending on context, synonyms include dauphine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include duchesse, damoiselle, demoiselle, duchess, damoisel, demimondaine.
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