Marchioness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Marchioness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Marchioness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marchioness n the wife or widow of a marquis a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess Synonym(s): marchioness, marquise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.