Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun marchioness

2 senses of marchioness

Sense 1
marchioness -- (the wife or widow of a marquis)
       => wife, married woman -- (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2
marchioness, marquise -- (a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess)
       => Lady, noblewoman, peeress -- (a woman of the peerage in Britain)