marchioness

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mar·chion·ess [marchioness marchionesses] BrE [ˌmɑːʃəˈnes] NAmE [ˌmɑːrʃəˈnes] noun
1. a woman who has the rank of a ↑marquess
2. the wife of a ↑marquess
•the Marchioness of Bath
compare ↑marquise

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine of marchio(n-) ‘ruler of a border territory’, from marcha ‘march’.