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dauphinesses

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dau⋅phin⋅ess

[daw-fi-nis]
–noun
dauphine.

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


See -ess.

dau⋅phine

[daw-feen; Fr. doh-feen]
–noun, plural -phines [-feenz; Fr. -feen] .
the wife of a dauphin.


Origin:
1860–65; < F; MF dalfine, fem. of dalphin dauphin
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