Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Marchioness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marchioness \Mar"chion*ess\, n. [LL. marchionissa, fr. marchio a
marquis. See Marquis.]
The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank
and dignity of a marquis. --Spelman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marchioness
n 1: the wife or widow of a marquis
2: a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
[syn: {marquise}]
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