Found 2 items, similar to Marchioness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: marchioness
marchioness
n 1: the wife or widow of a marquis
2: a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
[syn:
marquise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Marchioness
Marchioness
\Mar"chion*ess\, n. [LL. marchionissa, fr. marchio a
marquis. See Marquis.]
The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank
and dignity of a marquis. --Spelman.
[1913 Webster]