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
"Because it contains a soul in torment," returned the marquise, pressing her fingers in her ears.
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
There are approximately 28 dukes, 42 marquises, 230 earls, 103 viscounts, 484 barons in the peerage at present, not including the 27 women who hold titles in their own right.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sixty individuals who were invited to this ceremony were dukes, counts, marquises, generals, members of the councils, and knights of different military orders; they were most of them his friends.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
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