different between marquee vs marchioness

English

Etymology

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)?ki?/

Noun

marquee (plural marquees)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
2. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
3. (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.

   Synonyms: chase lights, chaser lights

4. (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
5. (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

   Synonym: marching ants

Translations

Adjective

marquee (not comparable)

1. Most famous; preeminent.

Verb

marquee (third-person singular simple present marquees, present participle marqueeing, simple past and past participle marqueed)

1. (graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.

Further reading

• marquee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• (marquess): marquise

Etymology

From Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marcha, from Frankish *mark?n (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *mark? (“area, region, edge, rim, border”)

(maid-of-all-work): After a character in Charles Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m????n?s/, /m?????n?s/

Noun

marchioness (plural marchionesses)

1. The wife of a marquess.
2. A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right.
3. (slang, obsolete) An old-fashioned maid-of-all-work (female servant).
   • 1896, The Chautauquan (volume 22, page 382)

     The beauty and charm of the little marchioness and the tender hearted old colored man, with their mutual affection, forcibly remind the reader of "Uncle Tom" and "Eva."

Synonyms

• marquise

Translations

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• monarchises