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Du Barry

Definition: Du Barry

Du Barry

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Du Barry

Synonyms: Comtesse Du Barry (n), Marie Jeanne Becu (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Du Barry

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Madame du Barry (1954)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Woman of Passion Du Barry (1930)

Madame Du Barry (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Du Barry

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Books

  • Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, With Minute Details of Her Entire Career As Favorite of Louis XV (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Du Barry

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Marie Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expressions: Du Barry

Expressions using "Du Barry": comtesse Du Barry rose du Barry. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Du Barry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-r-r-u-y"

-1 letter: daubry, durbar.

-2 letters: burry, dauby, durra.

-3 letters: bard, baud, brad, bray, bura, burd, burr, bury, darb, daub, drab, dray, drub, dura, durr, ruby, yard, yaud.

-4 letters: aby, arb, bad, bar, bay, bra, brr, bud, bur, buy, dab, day, dry, dub, rad, ray, rub, rya, urb, urd, yar.

-5 letters: ab, ad, ar, ay, ba, by, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-r-r-u-y"
 

+3 letters: lumberyard, perdurably.

 

+4 letters: lumberyards.

 

+5 letters: distributary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Du Barry


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 75      42 61 72 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01110101 00100000 01000010 01100001 01110010 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#117 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0075      0042 0061 0072 0072 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

388723667848491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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