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dauphins

dauphins is the plural of dauphin.

Meaning of dauphin

Noun

dauphin (plural dauphins)

  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively) An eldest son.
    • "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came[…]and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

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Noun capitalized: Dauphins

Dauphins

  1. (plural) plural of Dauphin

Questions about dauphins

What is dauphins the plural of?
Dauphins is the plural of dauphin.
What part of speech is dauphins?
Dauphins is a noun.

Words near dauphins in the dictionary

  1. dauphiness
  2. dauphinesses
  3. Dauphinois
  4. dauphinoise
  5. dauphinoises
  6. dauphins
  7. Dauphiny
  8. Dauphiné
  9. daur
  10. daur.
  11. Daura

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