marchioness

/ˈmɑrʃ(ə)nəs/
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Other forms: marchionesses

Definitions of marchioness
  1. noun
    the wife or widow of a marquis
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    type of:
    married woman, wife
    a married woman; a partner in marriage
  2. noun
    a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
    synonyms: marquise
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    examples:
    Marquise de Maintenon
    French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)
    Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart
    French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)
    Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
    French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
    type of:
    Lady, noblewoman, peeress
    a woman of the peerage in Britain
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