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Webster 1913 Edition

Marchioness

Mar′chion-ess

,

Noun.

[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Marchioness

M`ARCHIONESS

,

Noun.

The wife or widow of a marquis; or a female having the rank and dignity of a marquis.

Definition 2024

marchioness

marchioness

English

Noun

marchioness ‎(plural marchionesses, masculine marquis)

The wife of a marquess.
A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right.

Synonyms

marquise

Translations

wife of a marquess

Bulgarian: маркиза (bg) f ‎(markíza)
Catalan: marquesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 侯爵夫人 ‎(hóujué fūrén)
Esperanto: markizino
Finnish: markiisitar
French: marquise (fr)
German: Marquise (de) f
Hungarian: őrgrófné

Irish: banmharcas m
Japanese: 侯爵夫人 ‎(こうしゃくふじん, kōshaku fujin)
Norman: martchise f
Macedonian: маркиза f ‎(markíza)
Portuguese: marquesa (pt) f
Russian: марки́за (ru) f ‎(markíza)
Serbo-Croatian: markiza (sh)
Spanish: marquesa f