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Definition of: marchioness
(mär′shən·is) noun
1. The wife or widow of a marquis.
2. A woman having in her own right the rank corresponding to that of a marquis. [<Med. L marchionissa, fem. of marchio, -onis a captain of the marches <marca march2 <Gmc.]
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