marchesa
Americannoun
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an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
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the wife or widow of a marchese.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of marchesa
1790–1800; < Italian; feminine of marchese
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There, he struck up an unlikely romance with an heiress, Camilla Pecci Blunt, the daughter of a Florentine marchesa and an American financier.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
At the request of Les Modes, a French fashion magazine, Boldini’s painting of the marchesa was exhibited at the couturier Jacques Doucet’s fashion house in Paris, with his creations displayed around it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
The place is run by the marchesa, Maria Xenia Doria, an extremely down-to-earth woman who operates the hotel and 370-acre farm.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
Among the main competitors in the battle for the naked marchesa are two archrival museums, Washington's National Gallery and New York City's Metropolitan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never in her life had the marchesa heard Cesare Trenta deliver himself of such a decided censure upon her conduct.
From The Italians by Elliot, Frances
A Florentine marchese with a pedigree dating to Donatello, the designer, artist, sportsman, politician and resort-hopper has etched his name into the fashion lexicon of the decade.
From Time Magazine Archive
At her desire he relinquished his hold of me; but her cries had reached other ears, and the marchese arrived to avenge his injured honour.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
She did not appear at dinner; and afterward the marchese, his wife and Lavinia sat wrapped in a gloomy silence.
From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph
If he were only a count or a marchese!
From Daisy Miller by James, Henry
They all turned when a servant entered: Signer Orsi wished to see the marchese.
From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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