marchioness

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Recent Examples of marchioness 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 Vanity Fair reported that the marchioness sent him a legal notice. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024 The marchioness is among the seven patrons for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), which provides care and support for young children faced with life-threatening diseases. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023 The wife of a marquis, incidentally, is called a marchioness. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 Her closest friend was the adventurous Nadejda Mountbatten, marchioness of Milford Haven. Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 30 Sep. 2016 For women, the titles are: duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess, and baroness. Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 23 May 2018 The Queen can choose from five titles for a man -- duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron -- and for a woman -- duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness. Angela Dewan, CNN, 19 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marchioness
Noun
  • The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The property had been left to the National Alliance by a countess and was sold to the father of Fini’s partner for 300,000 euros in 2008.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Royal Style The duchess made another solo red-carpet appearance.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For the occasion, the duchess wholly embraced the drama and showmanship of the theater with her attire.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 8 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • John Loughrey, who had arrived in Sandringham the night before, wore a shirt featuring photos of Kate and badges of the princess.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Enjoy a noon countdown, party favors, DJ, lunch buffet and visits from characters like a pirate, princess and superheroes.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Because the baroness is right: Britain has been for sale for decades.
    Matt Slater, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In the late 1950s, LaVey formed a magic circle in San Francisco to explore black magic and the occult (the regulars included friends like Anger, the Danish baroness Carin de Plessen, and fantasy/sci-fi writers such as Fritz Leiber and August Derleth, the first publisher of H. P. Lovecraft).
    Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • 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
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
Noun
  • 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
  • Season 2, on the other hand, was all about her brother Anthony Bridgerton's (Jonathan Bailey) quest to find his viscountess.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Maybe Kate can get Parton to hop back across the pond to play a few songs and, as a real Southern gentlewoman, teach those rather provincial Brits how to properly serve tea.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.
    Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023

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“Marchioness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marchioness. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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