Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marquise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marquise \Mar`quise"\, n. [F. See {Marquis}, and cf. {Marquee}.]
The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marquise
n 1: a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
[syn: {marchioness}]
2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn: {marquee}]
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