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]