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Definition of Marquise
1. Noun. A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess.
Generic synonyms: Lady, Noblewoman, Peeress
Specialized synonyms: Francoise D'aubigne, Madame De Maintenon, Maintenon, Marquise De Maintenon, Francoise-athenais De Rochechouart, Marquise De Montespan, Montespan, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise De Pompadour, Pompadour
2. Noun. Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc..
Definition of Marquise
1. n. The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
Definition of Marquise
1. Noun. A marchioness, especially one who is French ¹
2. Noun. A marquee ¹
3. Noun. (context: jewelry) An oval cut diamond with pointed ends ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marquise
1. the wife or widow of a marquis [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marquise
Literary usage of Marquise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1872)
"Par la marquise Campana de Cavelli. Paris, 1871. Tomes I. II. 4to. ,^ ' ^ FOR
this splendid monument to the memory of the Stuarts we are indebted to the ..."
2. Women of Versailles: The Court of Louis XIV. by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Elizabeth Gilbert Martin (1893)
"Impatient to meet again the new marquise, he left the army September 1, 1745,
... The marquise de Pompadour was presented September 15, conformably to the ..."
3. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"marquise. A letter that I received last night informed me that you did. ...
marquise. I came hero to propose that my grandson should go back with me. ..."
4. Béatrix by Honoré de Balzac (1895)
"LA marquise BEATRIX. " I PROMISED you this tale of the past, and here it is,"
said Camille: "The person from whom I received that letter yesterday, ..."
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