dauphin

[ daw-fin; French doh-fan ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural dau·phins [daw, -finz, doh-, fan].

dauphin

/ ˈdɔːfɪn; dofɛ̃; dɔːˈfɪn /

(1349–1830) the title of the direct heir to the French throne; the eldest son of the king of France

Origin of dauphin¹

1475–85; < French; Middle French dalphin, after Dauphiné ( def ), from an agreement to thus honor the province after its cession to France

Origin of dauphin¹

C15: from Old French: originally a family name; adopted as a title by the Counts of Vienne and later by the French crown princes

Dr. George Crozier of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab discusses the environmental impact the oil spill will have on the Gulf Coast.

If the question had been simply one of pedigree, the right of the Dauphin would have been incontestable.

The Dauphin and his eldest son the Duke of Burgundy would waive their rights.

The Dauphin would be perfectly willing to renounce them for himself and for all his descendants.

They believed that the Dauphin's soldiers had sworn, if they entered Paris, to slay whomsoever they found there.

Her idolatry for Francois I. saved the house of the Medici from all suspicion when the dauphin was poisoned.

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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