Dauphin meaning

dô'fĭn
The eldest son of the king of France from 1349 to 1830.
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Used as a title for such a nobleman.
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The heir to the French throne, usually the eldest son of the king: a title used from 1349 to 1830
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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.
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(allegorical): An eldest son.
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A city in Manitoba.
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Origin of dauphin

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) dolphin

Sentence Examples

  • If the dauphin did escape, it seems probable that he perished shortly afterwards or lived in a safe obscurity.

  • Louis Charles became dauphin on the death of his elder brother on the 4th of June 1789.

  • This treaty provided that Maximilian's daughter Margaret should marry Charles, the dauphin of France, and have for her dowry Artois and FrancheComte, two of the provinces in dispute, while the claim of Louis on the duchy of Burgundy was tacitly admitted.

  • in height, cover Savoy and most of Dauphin and Provence, that is to say, nearly the whole of France to the south and east of the Rhne.

  • Considerable sprinklings of Protestants are also to be found in the two Charentes, in Dauphin, in Paris and in Franche-Comt.

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