Marquise
[mɑː'kiːz] or [mɑr'kiz]
Definition
(n.) The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
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Examples
- More applause--it is Mrs. Rawdon Crawley in powder and patches, the most ravissante little Marquise in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Who knows; we are but mortal, even marquises and dukes are but mortal. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But as to counts, marquises, dukes, earls, and the like, I was not so scrupulous. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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