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

He served, however, for a very short time, and, returning to Nancy, he wrote some poems which brought him into notice at the little court of Lun�ville over which the marquise de Boufflers then presided.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various