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dauphin

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dau·phin  (dôfn)
n.
1. The eldest son of the king of France from 1349 to 1830.
2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
[Middle English, from Old French, title of the lords of Dauphiné, from Dalphin, Dalfin, a surname, from dalfin, dolphin (from the device on the family's coat of arms); see dolphin.]
dauphin [ˈdɔːfɪn dɔːˈfɪn (French) dofɛ̃]
n
(Historical Terms) (1349-1830) the title of the direct heir to the French throne; the eldest son of the king of France
[from Old French: originally a family name; adopted as a title by the Counts of Vienne and later by the French crown princes]
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Noun1.dauphin - formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
Translations
dauphin [ˈdɔːfɪn] N (Hist) → delfín m
dauphin Dauphin [ˈdɔːfɪn ˈdəʊfɪn] n → dauphin m
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He therefore shaped his course toward that place and dismounted at the Dauphin d'Or.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
It was barely two days since the last cavalcade of that nature, that of the Flemish ambassadors charged with concluding the marriage between the dauphin and Marguerite of Flanders, had made its entry into Paris, to the great annoyance of M.
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{faubourg = neighborhood ; Rosny = Chateau of Rosny, country estate of the Dukes of Berry at Rosny-sur-Seine; Madame = title of Princess Marie Therese Charlotte, wife of the Dauphin Louis Antoine, heir to Charles X}
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