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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the wife or widow of a marquis;

2. a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess;
[syn: marchioness, marquise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Marchioness \Mar"chion*ess\, n. [LL. marchionissa, fr. marchio a
   marquis. See Marquis.]
   The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank
   and dignity of a marquis. --Spelman.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

marchioness
    n 1: the wife or widow of a marquis
    2: a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
       [syn: marchioness, marquise]