mazarine noun & adjective. [mazǝ'ri:n, 'mazǝri:n] Also mazarin ['mazǝrɪn]. L17.
[Perh. from Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-61) or the Duchesse de Mazarin (d. 1699). In sense A.1 perh. a different word.]
A. noun.
1. Hist. A deep plate, usually of metal, esp. one placed as a strainer inside a serving-dish. Formerly also mazarine dish, mazarine plate. L17.

2. In full mazarine blue. A deep rich blue. L17.
b. A fabric or garment of a mazarine blue colour. Now rare. L17.

3. In full mazarine blue. A Eurasian blue (lycaenid) butterfly, Cyaniris semiargus. E19.
b. adjective. Of a mazarine blue colour. L17.

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