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mar·chesa (mär kā′zä)

noun pl. marchese -·che′se (-zā)

  1. the wife or widow of a marchese
  2. an Italian noblewoman ranking just above a countess

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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