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marchioness

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɑɹʃənɪs/Part of speech nounSorted acehimnorssStarts with MEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

Word 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The first train over the bridge was driven by the Marchioness of Tweeddale, and the engine was No. 602 of the North British Railway Company.
  • The beauty and charm of the little marchioness and the tender hearted old colored man, with their mutual affection, forcibly remind the reader of "Uncle Tom" and "Eva."

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