marquise
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Its former elegance is such that local lore says it used to belong to a marquise.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Front and center are the organization’s three Lombardi Trophies, each with a marquise diamond set atop.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
“Did I mention I had children? Three. Fascinating creatures,” the marquise maunders on.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
The details made Warner wonder who the marquise, who goes by Camille and is played by Australian Alice Englert in the series, was before.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2022
The marquise was inclined to be friendly with the interloper, which showed a too Christian frame of mind to cope with mundane buffeting.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
“If those marquises came back to life and saw this house, they would surely die again,” joked Elayne Clavel, 26, wife of musician Villa.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
He became a close friend of counts, marquises and businesspeople, too.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2014
The list was spattered with landowners, containing 11 dukes, six marquises, 14 earls and nine viscounts.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2013
The fanciest girls are called marquises, while those who adorn the parks are known as bucoliques.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a younger son of a long line of marquises who for their combination of breeding and profligacy probably had no match in the British peerage.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
