markisesse

Middle English

Etymology

markis +‎ -esse

Noun

markisesse

1. A marchioness, the wife or a marquis.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Clerkys] Tale [of Oxenford]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 188, verso:

     But w^t glad cheere to the yate is she went / With oother folk to greete the markyſeſſe / And after that doth forth hir biſyneſſe

     But with a glad countenance she went to the gate / Along with other folks, to greet the Marchioness / And afterwards she went about her business.

Descendants

• English: marchioness