marchesa
Americannoun
plural
marchese-
an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
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the wife or widow of a marchese.
noun
Etymology
Origin of marchesa
1790–1800; < Italian; feminine of marchese
Example Sentences
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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
Perhaps the marchesa, whose blackened eyes, bejeweled costumes and silent stance mesmerize the fashion world to this day, might have her own label, not just one named for her.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2017
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
The wife is soon marking time with an Italian movie director, and the writer dillydallies with a local marchesa who wickedly dots her toes with perfume.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an instant he had restored her favourite to the marchesa, and received her warmest acknowledgments.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
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