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Comtesse Du Barry

noun
1.
Courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793).  Synonyms: Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu.





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... a pair of small, temperamental, clever girls, so trim and smart that one would think they had just left the Trianon Dairy Farm in Versailles Park, after having milked a pint of cream for the Queen, or for the royal favorite, Comtesse Du Barry. They wore Louis the XIV. (Street) high-heeled slippers, and were purely decorative. Having no part in the executive management they knew their place and ...
— A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel • S. G. Bayne


Words linked to "Comtesse Du Barry" :   courtier, Du Barry


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