marchesa

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an Italian marchioness; a woman who holds or is married to the holder of the rank of marquis

   The marchesa received her guests in the Roman palazzo.

Borrowed from Italian marchesa, the feminine form corresponding to marchese, 'marquis.' It ultimately belongs to the Germanic and Medieval Latin family of march, a frontier territory.

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