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Noun marquise has 2 senses
  1. marchioness, marquise - a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
    --1 is a kind of Lady, noblewoman, peeress
    --1 has particulars:
     Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon; Montespan, Marquise de Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart; Pompadour, Marquise de Pompdour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
  2. marquee, marquise - permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
    --2 is a kind of canopy
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