diane de poitiers

1. 1.

   French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)

   SynonymsDuchesse de Valentinois

   Broaderfemale aristocrat

Questions about diane de poitiers

What does diane de poitiers mean?

diane de poitiers means "French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)".

What is another word for diane de poitiers?

Close synonyms include Duchesse de Valentinois. 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 diane de poitiers a common word?

diane de poitiers 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.