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dau·phin
\ˈdȯfə̇n, ˈdȯˌfaⁿ, ˈdōˌfaⁿ\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: alteration (influenced by French dauphin, from Old French dolfin) of earlier daulphin, dolphin, from Middle English dolphyn, from Middle French dalfin, dalphin, from Dalfin, Dolphin, the surname of certain lords in medieval southeastern France
1. : a feudal lord of a French territory or province
2. [Middle French dalfin, dalphin; from the fact that the assumption of this title by the eldest sons of the kings of France was a condition of the cession of the Dauphiné to the house of Valois in the 14th century] : the eldest son of the king of France — used as a title for the eldest sons from the 14th century to 1830 |