Montespan

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɔ̃tɛspɑ̃/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mon′tə span′; Fr. môn tes pän′)


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Mon•tes•pan  (mon′tə span′; Fr. môn tes pän′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart), 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.

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Montespan /French: mɔ̃tɛspɑ̃/ n
  1. Marquise de, title of Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart. 1641–1707, French noblewoman; mistress of Louis XIV of France

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