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Noun(1) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess(2) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

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(1) So while Boucher's portrait of the marquise at her toilette is to be the focal point of this essay, also of great importance are the cultural debates encompassing it.(2) If you have short fingers or small hands wearing a marquise or oval shape diamond ring will wear your fingers look longer.(3) She was perfectly cast as the marquise Eloise and her dry, deadpan humour was a joy to behold.(4) The chocolate marquise is fabulously simple, and if you wanted you could equally serve it frozen as a parfait.(5) The dark chocolate marquise with two chocolate sauces had hardly arrived at the table when it disappeared, testimony to its excellent flavour.(6) In Mine de Pompadour at Her Toilette the marquise is shown in the act of performing her toilette.(7) A five stone diamond, 18 carat gold eternity ring; an 18 carat gold marquise oval cluster ring; and an 18 carat gold single diamond twist ring were taken.(8) The marquise gave the supreme accolade of her approval to the sculptors Pigalle and Falconet by posing for them at full length.(9) The marquise soon ended the suspense by attending the queen and appearing at court functions more highly rouged and magnificently arrayed than ever.(10) She said the marquise had a kind heart, and fell in love with a common man.(11) She then became the official mistress of Louis XV and marquise before ending up as lady-in-waiting to the queen, de facto minister, and pious, platonic consort of the king.(12) In comes a white chocolate marquise and a French brioche toast with strawberries and ice cream.(13) The loss of her mother affected Marion's ability to sleep for more than one or two hours at a time, making her an ideal ‘busy girl’ for the marquise , who demands a servant's presence to guard her through the night.(14) The 1.0-carat stone was fashioned into a marquise and shows several tiny unidentified mineral inclusions only visible under the microscope.(15) Within four months the king made her marquise de Pompadour and pensioned her husband off to farm in the country.(16) In 1756 the question of Pompadour's use of rouge was a pressing one because it was directly related to the marquise 's standing in the court, as was the ceremonial performance of her toilette.