MARQUISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marquise mean? 

• MARQUISE (noun)
  The noun MARQUISE has 2 senses:

1. a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

2. permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

  Familiarity information: MARQUISE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARQUISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

marchioness; marquise

Hypernyms ("marquise" is a kind of...):

Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

Instance hyponyms:

Francoise d'Aubigne; Madame de Maintenon; Maintenon; Marquise de Maintenon (French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719))

Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart; Marquise de Montespan; Montespan (French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707))

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson; Marquise de Pompadour; Pompadour (French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

marquee; marquise

Hypernyms ("marquise" is a kind of...):

canopy (a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather)