- plural of marchesa.
marchese
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Etymology
Origin of marchese
From Italian, dating back to 1510–20; see origin at marquis
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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
"Was not the marchese in Paris at Easter?"
From Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron by Cholmondeley, Mary
The marchese and Derby hurried out, Derby carrying the picture.
From The Title Market by Soper, J. H. Gardner
I was then the blind tool of the marchese.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
No term of the sort is by this time too hard for me to bear; and the marchese, no doubt, can take care of himself.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
And herded with thieves, and taken them for marchesi?
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
They are assisted by white curly poodles, with pink shaven legs, solemn faces and long ears, which make them look like old Paduan marchesi in powdered wigs.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
Four marquesses and these only the marquesses Patrizi, Theodoli, Costaguti and Cavalieri enjoy the princes' right to the canopy above their shield and are hence called the marchesi di baldacchino.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
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