MARCHIONESS

By SovConn | June 3, 2013

marchioness (mahr-sh<<schwa>>-nis or mahr-sh<<schwa>>-nes), n. [fr. Law Latin marchionissa, the feminine counterpart to marchio “marquess”] A female dignity, equivalent to a marquis, conferred by creation or by marriage with a marquis. See MARQUIS.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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