dauphiness

[ daw-fi-nis ]

noun

Origin of dauphiness

1
1540–50; earlier daulphiness.See dauphin, -ess

usage note For dauphiness

What's the difference between dauphiness and dauphin? See -ess.

Words Nearby dauphiness

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How to use dauphiness in a sentence

  • Then I shall make you change your note; which will help me in the good graces of the dauphiness, whom you have offended.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • Catherine was therefore less happy and less powerful after she became queen of France than while she was dauphiness.

    Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
  • After the meal, the dauphiness came out on the balcony to take leave of her hosts.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • The courtiers passed under the balcony to salute the king, who named such of them to the dauphiness as she did not already know.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • Above all she had dwelt upon the necessity of not letting the Choiseul party win possession of the dauphiness.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas