marquise

See also: Marquise

English

Etymology

From French marquise

Noun

marquise (plural marquises)

1. A marchioness, especially one who is French
   • 2009 February 14, Emine Saner, “'She was a mass of contradictions - we all are'”, The Guardian:

     In 1986, she appeared in the stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuse opposite Alan Rickman, playing the manipulative marquise […] .

2. A marquee
3. (jewelry) An oval cut diamond with pointed ends
4. A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

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French

Etymology

Feminine of marquis

Noun

marquise f (plural marquises)

1. a marchioness, a member of foreign nobility
2. a type of finger-ring
3. (archaic) marquee