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marchioness

marc·hio·ness

UK/ˈmɑɹʃənɪs/ US/mɑɹʃəˈnɛs/ uncommon obsolete slang

noun

1.

the wife or widow of a marquis

2.

Origin

From Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marca, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”).

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