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marchioness

DEFINITIONS OF: marchioness

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n the wife or widow of a marquis

Type of:
married woman, wife
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

n a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

Synonyms:
marquise
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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