Montespan

Definition: Montespan

Montespan

Noun

1. French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707).

Date "Montespan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references)

Synonyms: Montespan

Synonyms: Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart (n), Marquise de Montespan (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Montespan

English words defined with "Montespan": Marquise de Montespan. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	The Affair of the Poisons: Louis XIV, Madame de Montespan, and One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression using "Montespan": marquise de Montespan. Additional references.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-n-o-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: montanes, pentosan.
	-2 letters: mannose, montane, nonmeat, nonpast, postman, postmen, tampons, teopans.
	-3 letters: aments, anenst, atones, mantes, montes, netops, nonets, omenta, paeons, pannes, pantos, patens, penman, ponent, pontes, potman, potmen, sannop, sapote, sonant, sonnet, stamen, tampon, tempos, tenons, teopan, tomans, tonnes.
	-4 letters: aeons, amens, ament, anent, antes, aspen, atoms, atone, estop, etnas, manes, manos, manse.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-n-o-p-s-t"
	+2 letters: nonpayments.
	+3 letters: aminopterins, antinepotism, appointments, compensating, compensation, nontemporals, prenominates.
	+4 letters: antinepotisms, compensations, emancipations, enantiomorphs, encompassment, hymenopterans, impersonating, impersonation, impregnations, phenomenalist, phentolamines, pigmentations, uncompensated, unimportances.
	+5 letters: accompaniments, acetaminophens, apportionments, compensational, contemplations, decompensating, decompensation, disappointment, encompassments, impersonations, metencephalons, phenomenalists, postmillennial, predominations, prenominations, preordainments, pretournaments, reappointments.
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