MARCHIONESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marchioness mean? 

• MARCHIONESS (noun)
  The noun MARCHIONESS has 2 senses:

1. the wife or widow of a marquis

2. a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

  Familiarity information: MARCHIONESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARCHIONESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The wife or widow of a marquis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("marchioness" is a kind of...):

married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

marchioness; marquise

Hypernyms ("marchioness" is a kind of...):

Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

Instance hyponyms:

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))