marchioness
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (marquess): marquise
Etymology
editFrom Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marca, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmarchioness (plural marchionesses)
- The wife of a marquess.
- 1941 January, the late John Phillimore, “The Forth Bridge 1890-1940”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
- The first train over the bridge was driven by the Marchioness of Tweeddale, and the engine was No. 602 of the North British Railway Company.
- A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right.
- (slang, obsolete) An old-fashioned maid-of-all-work; female servant.
- 1896, The Chautauquan, volume 22, page 382:
- The beauty and charm of the little marchioness and the tender hearted old colored man, with their mutual affection, forcibly remind the reader of "Uncle Tom" and "Eva."
Synonyms
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editwife of a marquess
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References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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