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Definition of Du barry
1. Noun. Courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Du Barry
Literary usage of Du barry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
"IN "du barry" AND "ADREA." THE story of the life of Mrs. Leslie Carter will,
doubtless, ... Her principal performances were Zaza, du barry, and A Area. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"The alleged connexion of the Count du Barry with a Scotch family of Barrymores,
and in particular with a page of Charles I. who bore that name and belonged ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"The du barry, terrified, plunged him deeper still into the mud ; the favourite
called to her aid all the infamies of the Parc-aux-Cerfs.1 Seeking therein a ..."
4. France Under Louis XV by James Breck Perkins (1897)
"Naturally, foreign ambassadors were ready to be on good terms with the favorite ;
they gathered in the chamber of Mme. du Barry, as they had in the chamber ..."
5. France Under Louis XV by James Breck Perkins (1897)
"Naturally, foreign ambassadors were ready to be on good terms with the favorite ;
they gathered in the chamber of Mme. du Barry, as they had in the chamber ..."
6. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"Madame du barry had no desire or design to enter the lists against Choiseul had
... By his arrogance he added Madame du barry to the number of his enemies, ..."
7. The Wallet of Time: Containing Personal, Biographical, and Critical by William Winter (1913)
"IN "du barry" AND "ADREA." THE story of the life of Mrs. Leslie Carter will,
doubtless, ... Her principal performances were Zaza, du barry, and Adrea. ..."
8. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"Yet, so used are their highnesses to this * Madame du Barry, ... She became the
mistress of the Comte du Barry, (a gentleman belonging to a family of Toulon ..."
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