marquise

noun

Definition of marquisenext
as in countess

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Recent Examples of marquise End your meal with chestnut mont blanc or chocolate olive oil marquise for dessert. — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025 The pair, who were first romantically linked in December 2023, kept warm enough as the Emilia Pérez star extended her leg across his stomach and held onto his face — showing off her marquise cut diamond ring from when Blanco popped the question on Dec. 11. — Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 Fittingly, Blanco proposed to Gomez with a large marquise diamond set on an eternity band. — Gil MacIas, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024 The buckle took inspiration from the shoes of marquises in French aristocratic courts, and Mr. Vivier modernized it. — Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for marquise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marquise
  1. countess
  2. duchess
  3. princess
  4. baroness
  5. queen
  6. marchioness
  7. viscountess
  8. marchesa
Noun
  • An epic love story between an American big game hunter and a British countess was upended by the strangling mores of class and tradition.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Well, in this case, maybe a countess: At awards shows, the actor likes to tap into her inner Bravolebrity—Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, specifically.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Definition of countess
Noun
  • The duchess gave an exaggerated shrug before stifling a laugh.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The domestic duchess, 43, is giving fans a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at life in California with a photo on her Instagram account @meghan.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of duchess
Noun
  • Also, frankly, some toddlers have a princess phase no matter how much parents might try to avoid it.
    — Anna Earl, Parents, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Her natural fairy tale princess energy elevates a fairly ordinary modernized retelling into something more.
    — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of princess
Noun
  • While Hetty was visible, Jay’s heartbroken cousin Sunil, who was visiting Woodstone B&B, saw the baroness and was taken with her refinement.
    — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Marianne Faithfull's father was once a spy; her mother a pence-less baroness.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
Definition of baroness
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    — Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Definition of queen
Noun
  • Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.
    — Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024
  • Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of marchioness
Noun
  • The Bridgerton viscountess is set to star in yet another love story, this time as a woman whose life is turned upside down by an upcoming wedding and the return of a former flame.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
Definition of viscountess
Noun
  • The marchesa was painted in her prime by Giovanni Boldini in 1908; the bold brush strokes, confident pose and penetrating gaze perfectly sum up a woman whose aim in life was to be nothing less than a work of art.
    — CATH POUND, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
  • 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.
    — CATH POUND, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
Definition of marchesa

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