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Definition of Comtesse du barry
1. Noun. Courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comtesse Du Barry
Literary usage of Comtesse du barry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Régime: Courts, Salons, and Theatres by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1880)
"Noble Hopes O'erthrown.—Retribution Exacted.—Installing the Favourite.—A Favourite's
Privileges.—Enter La Comtesse du Barry.—The Coiffeur in a Difficulty. ..."
2. The Old Régime, Court, Salons, and Theatres by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1880)
"Noble Hopes O'erthrown.—Retribution Exacted.—Installing the Favourite.—A Favourite's
Privileges.—Enter La Comtesse du Barry.—The Coiffeur in a Difficulty. ..."
3. The Old Régime: Court, Salons, and Theatres by Elliot Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"Retribution Exacted. — Installing the Favourite.— A Favourite's Privileges.
— Enter La Comtesse du Barry. —The Coiffeur in a Difficulty. ..."
4. Memoirs of Madame Du Barry, of the Court of Louis XV by Hugh Noel Williams (1910)
"CHAPTER Xviii U NDER date May i 3, 1774, Hardy writes in his Journal: “I am
informed that the Comtesse du Barry left the village of Rueil last evening, ..."
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