Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wife or widow of a marchese.
- noun An Italian noblewoman ranking above a countess and below a princess.
- noun Used as the title for such a noblewoman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Italian marchioness; a lady having the rank of marchioness.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Where can I buythe marchesa dress that she wore while singing “Untouchable”?
Taylor's Swift glittery 'Saturday Night Live' fashions | EW.com 2009
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The marchesa allowed Helma to live in her attic for a couple of weeks—until one day she decided that her presence was too dangerous.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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The marchesa allowed Helma to live in her attic for a couple of weeks—until one day she decided that her presence was too dangerous.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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“De Ludo Scachorum” was written during this time and dedicated to the marchesa and her husband, Francesco Gonzaga.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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The marchesa, when she saw him, enquired, with a look that expressed much, how he had engaged himself of late, and completely frustrated his plans for the evening, by requiring him to attend her to Portici.
The Italian 2004
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But Miss Petrie no doubt knew that the eldest son of an English lord was at least as good as an Italian marchesa.
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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The marchesa momentarily turned a concerned countenance.
The Happy End Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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Really, I must speak to the marchesa -- parents are so slow to see the differences in their own family.
The Happy End Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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The marchesa was still handsome, in spite of increasing weight.
The Happy End Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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And at London he had arrived, travelling by ruinously easy stages, and breaking the journey at Florence, where he sketched and smoked pipes innumerable on the Lung Arno; at Venice, where he affected cigarettes, and indulged in a desperate flirtation with a pretty black-eyed marchesa; at Monaco, where he gambled; and at Paris, where he spent his winnings, and foregathered with his friends of the Quartier Latin.
A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909
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