marchesa
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editmarchesa (plural marchesas or marchese)
- An Italian marchioness.
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editFrom Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marcha, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”). Cognate with Sicilian marchisa.
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editmarchesa f (plural marchese)
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