marchese

noun

Definition of marchesenext
1
as in countesses

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2
as in duke

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Recent Examples of marchese Dessert options include butterscotch bamboloni or Peruvian chocolate marchese. — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019 The marchese created Sassicaia, a paradigm-breaking cabernet blend that proved greatness could be achieved in Bolgheri, on the Tuscan coast. — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marchese
  1. princesses
  2. duke
  3. noblewomen
  4. baron
  5. queens
  6. prince
  7. dames
  8. earl
Noun
  • Many princesses appear in World Showcase in EPCOT, for example, while others appear in Princess Fairytale Hall in Magic Kingdom.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 27 Sep. 2026
  • But these charming dwellings aren’t just found in the worlds of soon-to-be princesses or daring adventurers.
    — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of princesses
Noun
  • After the duke’s death in 1972, the duchess, in increasingly poor health, fretted about what to do with her massive collection.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This was a period of revolutions and secularization, when the church could not depend on the military leadership of a king, duke or the nobility.
    — Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of duke
Noun
  • Stavanger, Norway — King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen to marry his school sweetheart, died Friday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • As a young man, Harald was urged to find a bride among Europe's noblewomen and princesses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of noblewomen
Noun
  • Born in 1901, Cartland was a fixture of British high society, rubbing shoulders with press barons, politicians, the aristocracy and the Royal Family, as step-grandmother to Princess Diana.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Baronet is a hereditary title and not part of the peerage, ranking below barons but above most knights, per Britannica.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of baron
Noun
  • Freaky writer Michael Kennedy actually pitched that idea before pairing scream queens became all the rage.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Working frequently with stylist Ib Kamara, Pavarotti casts Black models as goddesses, queens, or warriors.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of queens
Noun
  • That reduction forced painful cuts to Vision 2030, the prince’s signature policy aimed at remaking Saudi Arabia.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Other schemes are more direct—like a new version of the Nigerian prince scam that uses celebrity deepfakes.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of prince
Noun
  • Still, the biography offers a nearly contemporary portrait of one of Western literature’s grand dames, as well as some useful context around the publication of her novels, beginning with Sense and Sensibility.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
  • But Broadwick is doing something different to the grand dames and glassy international transplants.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of dames
Noun
  • Burnard and O’Shaughnessy point out that, whereas Britain regularly sent nobles to govern the Caribbean colonies—and dukes and earls to Ireland—the men appointed to administer the thirteen colonies more often lacked titles and were paid less.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • While this is partly because her father is an earl, the other part of her background honors the fact that her mother was a housemaid.
    — Patricia A. Matthew, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of earl

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“Marchese.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marchese. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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