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单词 marshaless
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marshalessn.

Brit. /mɑːʃəˈlɛs/, /ˈmɑːʃəlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃələs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; apparently modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: marshal n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < marshal n. + -ess suffix1, apparently after French maréchale (1617); compare also court-marshaless in quot. 1833 for court-marshaless n. at court n.1 Compounds 2b (after German Hofmarschallin). Compare Middle French mareschallesse (15th cent.), Middle Low German marschalkesche.
Now rare.
The wife of a marshal.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > marshal or earl marshal > wife of
marshaless1649
1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 211. 1972 Since th'imprisonment of the Marshall of Rantzau, Governour of Dunkerke..the Marshallesse hath been brought unto this Town.
1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 205 The Marshaless her mother, Madame Saligni, sister of the deceased Marshal.
1882 Standard 26 Dec. 3/1 The adventurous little Marshalesses..of the Third Empire.
1888 Universal Rev. Oct. 227 The Marshaless struggled to keep in society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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