| marchioness | | |
| n. (person) | 1. marchioness | the wife or widow of a marquis. |
| ~ married woman, wife | a married woman; a man's partner in marriage. |
| n. (person) | 2. marchioness, marquise | a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess. |
| ~ noblewoman, peeress, lady | a woman of the peerage in Britain. |
| ~ francoise d'aubigne, madame de maintenon, maintenon, marquise de maintenon | French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719). |
| ~ francoise-athenais de rochechouart, marquise de montespan, montespan | French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707). |
| ~ jeanne antoinette poisson, marquise de pompadour, pompadour | French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764). |
| marquise | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. marquee, marquise | permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.. |
| ~ canopy | a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather. |
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