MARIE ANTOINETTE

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• MARIE ANTOINETTE (noun)
  The noun MARIE ANTOINETTE has 1 sense:

1. queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)

  Familiarity information: MARIE ANTOINETTE used as a noun is very rare.

• MARIE ANTOINETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

queen (the wife or widow of a king)

 Context examples 

She would like the relics of great people better, for I've seen her Napoleon's cocked hat and gray coat, his baby's cradle and his old toothbrush, also Marie Antoinette's little shoe, the ring of Saint Denis, Charlemagne's sword, and many other interesting things.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And inside as we wandered through Marie Antoinette music rooms and Restoration salons I felt that there were guests concealed behind every couch and table, under orders to be breathlessly silent until we had passed through.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)