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marchioness

noun
🔊/ˌmɑːʃəˈnes/
🔊/ˌmɑːrʃəˈnes/
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  1. a woman who has the rank of a marquess女侯爵
  2. the wife of a marquess侯爵夫人
    • the Marchioness of Bath巴斯的市集
    3. compare marquise
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine of marchio(n-) ‘ruler of a border territory’, from marcha ‘march’.