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marchioness|ˈmɑːʃənɪs|
Also 7 -esse, -isse, marquionesse.
[ad. med.L. marchiōnissa, f. marchiōn-em: see marchion and -ess.]
1. The wife or widow of a marquis, or a lady holding in her own right the position equal to that of marquis.
[1533in Rymer's Fœdera XIV. 477/1 Cum..Domina Anna, tunc Marchionissa Penbrochiæ, nunc vero Regina.] 15..Bk. Precedence in Q. Eliz. Acad. (1869) 14 Item, a dukes daughter is borne a Marchionesse. Ibid. 15 A Marquesse must goe after his Creation.., and the Marchionesse his wife according to the same. 1611Cotgr., Marquise, a Marchionesse. 1613Shakes., etc. Hen. VIII, ii. iii. 63 The Kings Maiesty..Doe's purpose honour to you no lesse flowing, Then Marchionesse of Pembrooke. 1615Thomas Lat. Dict., Præses limitaneus, a marques, or marquionesse. c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §312 (1810) 324 The lady marchioness of Winton. 1631B. Jonson Underwoods c. Elegy on Lady Jane Pawlet, Shee was the Lady Jane, and Marchionisse Of Winchester; the Heralds can tell this. 1829Lytton Disowned xl, His day with the beautiful marchioness was over. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 565/1 His [a marquis'] wife, who also is ‘most honourable’, is a marchioness, and is styled ‘my lady marchioness’.
b. allusive. A maid-of-all-work.
[1840Dickens Old C. Shop lvii, ‘To make it seem more real and pleasant, I shall call you the Marchioness, do you hear?’ The small servant nodded.] 1883Sala in Illustr. Lond. N. 24 Nov. 499/1 A little bit of a maid-of-all-work... This ‘Marchioness’..has..been the object of the most astounding ‘manifestations’. 1885‘J. S. Winter’ Bootles' Baby ii. 36 To develop into the unnaturally widened and unkempt hand of a ‘Marchioness’.
2. A kind of pear. (Cf. marquis 5, marquise 2.)
1706London & Wise Retir'd Gard. I. 32 The Marchioness... 'Tis very butterish, and of a sweet Muskish Juice. 1875Hogg Fruit Man. (ed. 4) 479.
3. A size of slate measuring 22 inches by 11, or 20 by 12.
1878D. C. Davies Slate & Slate Quarrying 136 Princesses..Duchesses..Marchionesses..Countesses. |