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marquise

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mar=quise

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun marquise has 2 senses

marquise(n = noun.person) marchioness - a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess; Array

is a kind of lady, noblewoman, peeress

has particulars: francoise d'aubigne, madame de maintenon, maintenon, marquise de maintenon, francoise-athenais de rochechouart, marquise de montespan, montespan, jeanne antoinette poisson, marquise de pompadour, pompadour

marquise(n = noun.artifact) marquee - permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.; Array

is a kind of canopy

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CIDE DICTIONARY

marquise, n. [F. See Marquis, and cf. Marquee.].

The wife of a marquis; a marchioness. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

marquise, n.
1 a the wife or widow of a marquis. b a woman holding the rank of marquis in her own right (cf. MARCHIONESS).
2 a finger-ring set with an oval pointed cluster of gems.
3 archaic = MARQUEE.

Etymology

F, fem. of MARQUIS

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