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Marchioness

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The wife or widow of a marquis.

n. A noblewoman ranking above a countess and below a duchess. Also called marquise.

n. Used as a title for such a noblewoman.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The wife of a marquess.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The wife or widow of a marquis.—2. A size of slate measuring 22 inches by 11.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

n. the wife or widow of a marquis

Word Usage

"Lady Florimel wept incessantly for three days; on the fourth she looked out on the sea and thought it very dreary; on the fifth she found a certain gratification in hearing herself called the marchioness; on the sixth she tried on her mourning, and was pleased; on the seventh she went with the funeral and wept again; on the eighth came Lady Bellair, who on the ninth carried her away."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

married woman wife

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Words that are found in similar contexts

marquess marquise countess margrave governor general