Du Barry

Du Bar·ry

D0409400 (do͞o băr′ē, dyo͞o-, dü bä-rē′), Comtesse. Title of Marie Jeanne Bécu. 1743-1793. French courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV. She was guillotined after being found guilty of crimes against the state by a Revolutionary tribunal.

du Barry

(djuː ˈbærɪ; French dy bari) n (Biography) Comtesse (kɔ̃tɛs), original name Marie Jeanne Bécu. ?1743–93, mistress of Louis XV, guillotined in the French Revolution

Du Bar•ry

(du ˈbær i, dyu)
n. Comtesse (Marie Jeanne Bécu), 1746–93, mistress of Louis XV.

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Du Barry - courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu