marquise

noun

Definition of marquisenext
as in countess

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Recent Examples of marquise Other top ring shapes include emerald (8 percent), princess (8 percent), pear/teardrop (8 percent), and marquise (8 percent). — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026 After the Great War ended, the marquise passed away, and her children’s visits to Cannes became fewer and fewer. — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026 Also on offer is an Art Deco bracelet from 1925 that includes rectangular and square step-cut emeralds, as well as marquise, rectangular, square, old, and single-cut stones. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025 In the second photo, Gomez rests her left hand on her new husband's, her marquise diamond engagement ring glinting in the light. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025 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
  • Jarman and Karen Spencer were previously embroiled in legal proceedings after the archeologist sued the countess in 2024, People and The Times reported.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 May 2026
  • But the countess couldn’t stop wondering where Alberta’s dress could be.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of countess
Noun
  • Griffiths mentioned reports that the duchess really wanted to visit the Althorp estate near Birmingham, the ancestral home of the late Princess Diana where she also is buried.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The duchess won the legal case and undisclosed damages over articles published in The Mail on Sunday and posted on MailOnline.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of duchess
Noun
  • Snow sings about getting her princess groove back, butts heads with her Evil Queen stepmother (a campy Gal Gadot) and gets a little help from her short new friends.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Diana’s sapphire choker was last worn in public in December 1996, when the princess became the first British royal to attend the Met Gala.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 July 2026
Definition of princess
Noun
  • The late baroness allegedly had a complex relationship with her granddaughter.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • She is accompanied on her travels by a wealthy baroness, whom the other women come to understand is her lover.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 May 2026
Definition of baroness
Noun
  • The queen, 78, brought her younger sister Annabel Elliott, 77, to day 10 of the tennis championships on Wednesday, July 8, as Britain battled another intense heatwave, with temperatures expecting to climb to 91°F in London.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • What do an entertaining queen, a pop legend, and a supermodel have in common?
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of queen
Noun
  • In 2020, Emma, previously Viscountess Weymouth, became Britain's first Black marchioness when her husband inherited the title upon the death of his father.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • 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
  • And while the past tenants of Royal Lodge exuded an elegant lore for the highbrow interests of a viscountess, the Jeffrey Epstein–associated Andrew is shrouded in such scandal that if Royal Lodge had been put on the real estate market, the listing price might have knocked down a few million.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The four episodes feature lots of returning cast members and new faces, but fans of Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Bridgerton (Simone Ashley), the viscount and viscountess, will be disheartened to learn that the couple doesn’t make an appearance in part one.
    — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of viscountess
Noun
  • Does that would-be contessa or marchesa have to share a sentence with a human tongue twister?
    — New York Times, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Definition of marchesa

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