"marchioness" meaning in English

See marchioness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑɹʃənɪs/, /mɑɹʃəˈnɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-marchioness.wav , En-us-marchioness.ogg Forms: marchionesses [plural]
Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|marchionissa}} Medieval Latin marchionissa, {{der|en|LL.|marca}} Late Latin marca, {{der|en|frk|*markōn|t=to mark, mark out, to press with the foot}} Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*markō|t=area, region, edge, rim, border}} Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} marchioness (plural marchionesses)
  1. The wife of a marquess. Categories (topical): Nobility Translations (wife of a marquess): مَرْكِيزَة (markīza) [feminine] (Arabic), markiza (Azerbaijani), марки́за (markíza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), marquesa [feminine] (Catalan), 侯爵夫人 (hóujué fūrén) (Chinese Mandarin), markýza [feminine] (Czech), markise [common-gender] (Danish), markiezin [feminine] (Dutch), markizino (Esperanto), markiisitar (Finnish), marquise (French), Marquise [feminine] (German), őrgrófné (Hungarian), banmharcas [masculine] (Irish), marchesa [feminine] (Italian), 侯爵夫人 (kōshaku fujin) (alt: こうしゃくふじん) (Japanese), марки́за (markíza) [feminine] (Macedonian), martchise [feminine] (Norman), ماركیز (markiz) (Ottoman Turkish), مارکیز (mârkiz) (Persian), markiza [feminine] (Polish), marquesa [feminine] (Portuguese), marchiză [feminine] (Romanian), марки́за (markíza) [feminine] (Russian), markiza (Serbo-Croatian), marchisa [feminine] (Sicilian), marquesa [feminine] (Spanish), markisinna [common-gender] (Swedish), markesa (Tagalog), markiz (Turkish), markiza (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-marchioness-en-noun-DJcEosPa Disambiguation of Nobility: 41 23 35 Disambiguation of 'wife of a marquess': 91 7 2
  2. A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right. Categories (topical): Nobility
    Sense id: en-marchioness-en-noun-pGe5tQtc Disambiguation of Nobility: 41 23 35
  3. (slang, obsolete) An old-fashioned maid-of-all-work; female servant. Tags: obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Female, Nobility
    Sense id: en-marchioness-en-noun-GqQFjMsG Disambiguation of Female: 10 1 89 Disambiguation of Nobility: 41 23 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), English terms suffixed with -ess (wife), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 37 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 2 7 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 27 17 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 15 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 8 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 12 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 13 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 8 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 10 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 8 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 11 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 11 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 14 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 8 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 8 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 12 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 15 14 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 14 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 8 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 11 12 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 7 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 14 14 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 13 12 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: marquise

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "word": "侯爵夫人"
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      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "martchise"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "markiz",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "word": "ماركیز"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "markiza"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "word": "markiza"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "word": "markesa"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "wife of a marquess",
      "word": "markiza"
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}

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