Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The eldest son of the king of France from 1349 to 1830.
- noun Used as a title for such a nobleman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The distinctive title (originally Dauphin of Viennois) of the eldest son of the king of France, from 1349 till the revolution of 1830.
- noun A billon coin struck, under Charles VII. of France, for Dauphiné.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The eldest son of the king of
France . Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois. - noun : An eldest son.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The gap may have narrowed since then, and the reaction has been a blast of anti-Ed stories portraying him as a swivel-eyed baby Bennite, a child insurrectionist compared with his entitled dauphin of a bro.
David Miliband would have to alter his persona. That's very hard 2010
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The sister of the dauphin is a good girl, not many years your senior.
Lazarre Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874
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Which came first the "dauphin" or the region of "Dauphine" which is on the Swiss border?
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So the "dauphin" quote, which dates back several years, is crossed out, with a scrawl on the side that reads, "No, CH."
Christopher Hitchens On 'Hitch-22': Memoir Was 'Fantastically Difficult' To Write 2010
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LC: Okay, so, this Charles, the "dauphin" if you will ...
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Which came first the "dauphin" or the region of "Dauphine" which is on the Swiss border?
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The Count-dauphin of Vienne left his county to Jean, son of the king, and thence "dauphin" became the title of the heir-apparent.
A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871
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He even seduced, by his address, Charles, the king of France's eldest son, a youth of seventeen years of age, who was the first that bore the appellation of "dauphin," by the reunion of the province of Dauphiny to the crown.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. David Hume 1743
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The name Renault settled on is the female form of "dauphin," a French royal title.)
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Not bad for the improbable communist dauphin, a spoiled overweight twenty-something with no known accomplishments.
Doug Bandow: North Korea: Time for Washington to Step Back and Let South Korea Lead Doug Bandow 2012
slumry commented on the word dauphin
what about a dolphin?
June 27, 2007