Definition of Marchioness

1. Noun. The wife or widow of a marquis.

Generic synonyms: Married Woman, Wife

2. Noun. A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess.

Definition of Marchioness

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

Definition of Marchioness

1. Noun. The wife of a marquess. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marchioness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marchioness

marchesas
marchese
marcheses
marchesi
marcheth
marchiafava-bignami disease
marching
marching ants
marching band
marching bands
marching music
marching order
marching orders
marchings
marchion-ess
marchioness (current term)
marchionesses
marchland
marchlands
marchlike
marchman
marchmen
marchpane
marchpanes
marcht
marcid
marcidity
marcionite
marcionites
marconied

Literary usage of Marchioness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"Women I marchioness. George D'Alroy, these persons should have been sent away. ... marchioness. The insult is from you. I leave you, and I hope that time ..."

2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"To make it seem mote real and pleasant, I shall call you the marchioness, do you hear ? ... The marchioness, holding her cards very tight in both hands, ..."

3. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1856)
"I then told him that he himself could answer this question better than any other person; for if he gave the marchioness reason to believe that ..."

4. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Joseph Dacier (1849)
"The marchioness treated the king with the greatest hospitality and kindness, making offers ... At the gate of the castle was the marchioness of Montferrat, ..."

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