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| dau·phin [ dáwfin, dṓfaN ] (plural dau·phins) |
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crown prince of France: in former times, the eldest son of the king of France and the direct heir to the throne
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| [15th century. < French, in Old French daulphin (see dolphin); because of dolphins on a relevant coat of arms] |
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