marchioness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wife of a marquess.
    — The first train over the bridge was driven by the Marchioness of Tweeddale, and the engine was No. 602 of the North British Railway Company.
  2. A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right.
  3. An old-fashioned maid-of-all-work; female servant. obsolete,slang
    — The beauty and charm of the little marchioness and the tender hearted old colored man, with their mutual affection, forcibly remind the reader of "Uncle Tom" and "Eva."

词形变化

marchionesses plural marquise alternative

词汇关系

近义词
marquise

词源

From Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marca, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”).
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