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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
16c., from Medieval Latin marchionissa, fem. of marchio "marquis," from marca (see marquis (n.)).\n
Wiktionary
n. The wife of a marquess.
WordNet
n. the wife or widow of a marquis
a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess [syn: marquise]
Wikipedia
A marchioness is a noblewoman with the rank of marquess, or the wife of a marquess.
Marchioness may also refer to:
- Marchioness (ship), a brigantine which sailed between Nelson, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia in the 1850s
- Marchioness disaster, the 1989 disaster that struck The Marchioness, a pleasure boat on the River Thames
The Marchioness was a 176-ton brigantine built at Waterford, Ireland in 1851 and registered at Melbourne that sailed between Nelson, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia in the 1850s. The ship's dimensions were 91.7 x 20 x 13 ft. It founded on rocks of the Taranaki coast in 1864 and was lost with no loss of life.
Usage examples of "marchioness".
Without appearing to notice me, the marchioness ran wittily over various topics until coffee was brought in.
At this the marchioness arose and performed an expiatory sacrifice, and it appeared, on consulting the oracle, that Oromasis was satisfied.
Angelo wrote a number of sonnets and made many drawings for his friends, especially for the Marchioness of Pescara and Messer Tomaso dei Cavalieri, a noble Roman gentleman.
As she was speaking, the marchioness drew out of her pocket a paper which she offered to his eminence.
The next evening I met the marchioness at the entrance of the palace, and offered her my arm to come out of her carriage.
Two days after the sort of command laid upon me by the marchioness, I presented myself at her reception.
The marchioness told him on his departure that if he were so indiscreet as to repeat a word of what he had learned from the Quinet girls, she would punish him with a hundred poniard stabs from her major-domo Delisle.
The marchioness sparkled in blue, her cousin charmed in golden yellow, and the dark-haired Glorianna Pennington wore the red of a rose.
Marchioness of Steyne was of the renowned and ancient family of the Caerlyons, Marquises of Camelot, who have preserved the old faith ever since the conversion of the venerable Druid, their first ancestor, and whose pedigree goes far beyond the date of the arrival of King Brute in these islands.
Marchioness of Steyne, the haughtiest woman in England, would bend down to her husband so submissively if there were not some cause?
Indeed, madam, I shall make the forgiveness of the liberties I have taken in this room the condition of my giving that information which shall restore to the Marchioness of Dorrington the gem of which I deprived her--a gem which is still unpledged, and in the possession of one who will restore it on an application, accompanied by a letter in my handwriting.
Almost every evening, when she happened to see me at her card-table, the beautiful marchioness would address to me a few gracious words in French, and I always answered in Italian, not caring to make her laugh before so many persons.
Silvio Pellico, the story of whose sufferings in the prison of Spielberg, has carried his plaintive memory into all lands, and the Marchioness Giulia di Barolo were a pair of friends brought together as by a special appointment of Heaven.
The Marchioness di Barolo, whose name is linked to his in the memory of so pure and benign a union of friendship, lived the life, died the death, and bequeathed the renown of a saint.
There was nothing interesting in the opera at Casal, so I went to Pavia, where, though utterly unknown, I was immediately welcomed by the Marchioness Corti, who received all strangers of any importance.