marchioness
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (marquess): marquise
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marcha, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”).
(maid-of-all-work): After a character in Charles Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marchioness (plural marchionesses)
- The wife of a marquess.
- 1941 January, the late John Phillimore, “The Forth Bridge 1890-1940”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
- 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.
- A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right.
- (slang, obsolete) An old-fashioned maid-of-all-work; female servant.
- 1896, The Chautauquan, volume 22, page 382:
- 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."
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
wife of a marquess
|
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms suffixed with -ess
- en:Female
- en:Nobility
- English female equivalent nouns