comtesse du barry

1. 1.

   courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

   SynonymsDu BarryMarie Jeanne Becu

   Broadercourtier

Questions about comtesse du barry

What does comtesse du barry mean?

comtesse du barry means "courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)".

What is another word for comtesse du barry?

Close synonyms include Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is comtesse du barry a common word?

comtesse du barry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.