Du Barry
[doo bar-ee, dyoo; French dy ba-ree] /du ˈbær i, dyu; French dü baˈri/
noun
1.
Comtesse (Marie Jeanne Bécu) 1746–93, mistress of Louis XV.
/djuː ˈbærɪ; French dy bari/
noun
1.
Comtesse (kɔ̃tɛs), original name Marie Jeanne Bécu. ?1743–93, mistress of Louis XV, guillotined in the French Revolution
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