marchioness

 [mahr-shuh-nis, mahr-shuh-nes]  

mar·chion·ess

   [mahr-shuh-nis, mahr-shuh-nes]
noun British.
marquise (defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
1770–80; < Medieval Latin marchiōnissa, equivalent to marchiōn- (stem of marchiō) marquis + -issa -ess

Usage note
See -ess.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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marchioness (ˈmɑːʃənɪs, ˌmɑːʃəˈnɛs)
 
—n
1.  the wife or widow of a marquis
2.  a woman who holds the rank of marquis
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine of marchiōmarquis]

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