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
Where Michelle’s marquise is ruled by an Apollonian temperament, Vetter puts a heavy thumb on the “love” scale.
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
Her contempt for the culpable helplessness of the marquise was so intense that it cost her much to be civil.
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
Over the ages, counts, princes and marquises have flourished and multiplied in Italy like olive trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the stout King Charles summoned to his aid all his men—bishops, abbots, dukes, princes, marquises, and other stout knights.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
