marquise
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9.9
- noun
- /mɑrˈkiːz/
:
marquesa
- At the grand ball, everyone admired the elegant dress worn by the marquise.
- marquise de
Examples
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He was the only legitimate son of the marquise de Montespan, whose spectacularly public and long-lasting liaison with Louis XIV began around two years after his birth.
Academic text (1996) -
The flounced, ruffled dresses of the ladies, marquises, and baronesses floated on the streams of sound, like miniature sailing ships.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's only that I have a little something to show the marquise.
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Tanya went as a French marquise..
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To obtain such rare items in Madrid, foods that were never in season cost the marquise significant sums of money and quite a bit of work on the part of her servants.
Fiction book (2001) -
Did you ever know any marquises, Mr. Hobbs, or earls? - No, I should say not.
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But it was now July 1789, and most of Paris was unable to take an interest in the financial and family misfortunes of an obscure marquise.
Academic text (2010) -
The marquise took her gastronomic caprices even farther than the emperor when confronted with the pineapple.
Fiction book (2001) -
22 The play presents the world of the Rococo as a world full of intrigue, cheating, and pretense, ruled by the marquise de Pompadour.
Academic text (2014) -
The marquise was party to the secret that her ancestors had turned the island inside out in search of precious metals, that they had found very little, and that the only sort of mining that was fruitful in that land was the unearthing of edible roots and tubers.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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2.5
A woman who has a noble title in Britain, for example the wife or female partner of a lord
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5.8
A woman from a high social class who has a title
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9.9
A noblewoman married to a marquis or who holds the title herself
A woman from Italy with a noble title, often the wife or widow of a marquis
A woman from a high social class with a family title
How Noble
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marquise comes from French as the female form of marquis, a noble title; a marquis once ruled the 'march', meaning a 'border' area, so a marquise is a high-ranking noblewoman.