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Marie Antoinette

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Ma·rie An·toi·nette  (m-r ntw-nt) 1755-1793.
Queen of France (1774-1793) as the wife of Louis XVI. Unpopular because of her extravagance and insensitivity toward the masses, she was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal and executed.
Marie Antoinette (French) [mari ɑ̃twanɛt]
n
(Biographies / Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) F, Frenchnational of birth: Austrian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1755-93, queen of France (1774-93) by marriage to Louis XVI of France. Her opposition to reform during the Revolution contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; guillotined
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Noun1.Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette - queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
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Marie Antoinette [məˈriːæntwɑːˈnet] N → María Antonieta


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The hideous but beneficent French Revolution would have been deferred, or would have fallen short of completeness, or even might not have happened at all, if Marie Antoinette had made the unwise mistake of not being born.
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In a room of the Petit Trianon stood the furniture, just as poor Marie Antoinette left it when the mob came and dragged her and the King to Paris, never to return.
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Lady Mary Caerlyon was brought up at a Parisian convent; the Dauphiness Marie Antoinette was her godmother.
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