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noun the wife or widow of a marquis
noun a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
originFrom 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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