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marquise

[mahr-keez, mar-keez] / mɑrˈkiz, marˈkiz /


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Front and center are the organization’s three Lombardi Trophies, each with a marquise diamond set atop.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

There are angles of regret in her portrait of the marquise, who ultimately feels that she failed to provide enough opportunities for her daughter.

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

Lesley Manville co-stars as the reigning marquise in the series debuting 9 p.m.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Neither spoke till they reached the saloon and laid the unconscious marquise upon a couch.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (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

After the war, the Porters plunged headlong into Europe's melting pot of millionaires and marquises.

From Time Magazine Archive

Müller’s painting in the Louvre depicts, with singular graphicness, this dreadful place of detention, where princes and princesses, counts, marquises, bishops, and all ranks were herded amid an excruciating agony.

From Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield


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