Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Italian nobleman ranking above a count and below a prince.
- noun Used as the title for such a nobleman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Italian nobleman ranking between a duke and a count; a marquis.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There was nothing for it but to find some snug little marquisate -- "marchese" sounded very well, though one could not be called
Saracinesca 1881
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But once a "marchese," if she was very charitable, and did something in the way of a public work, the Holy
Saracinesca 1881
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It was the elder marchese who dreamed of creating a wine like the great Bordeaux reds he loved ... but on the Maremma coast, in an area around Bolgheri previously known for bottling occasionally passable rosé.
The Other Tuscany Richard Nalley 2010
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The marchese (marquis) would know; he's related to most of it.
The Other Tuscany Richard Nalley 2010
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The Marquis, 69-years-old, tall, with ramrod-straight posture and a shock of white hair, often dresses in elegant tweeds and corduroy; employees address him by his nobleman's title, marchese
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This reserve is in some measure excusable among a people who are extremely ignorant of foreign customs, and who know that in their own country, every person, even the most insignificant, who has any pretensions to family, either inherits, or assumes the title of principe, conte, or marchese.
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We endeavored, however, to excuse the marchese by saying that he, a high-minded man, could not close his domain to such as wished to come to him, especially when they were people of importance, and we used every argument to defend him.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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"_Mon Dieu_," as the widow, pulling one side of her veil across her face, hid her over-crimson mouth, but in no way impeded her view, whilst Jill looked round hastily for a way of escape, but suddenly remembering the certain peril in the street decided, as she edged as far as possible from the marchese, to sit out the difficulties of the moment.
Desert Love Joan Conquest
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His Holiness, however, seemed displeased by our defense of the marchese.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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"The marchese, sometimes, and the canons of the Collegiate Church."
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