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Marquis

Marquis Meaning & Definition
Marquis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Marquis?

[n] nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
[n] humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Marquis: Don Marquis | Donald Robert Perry Marquis | marquess

Related Terms | Find terms related to Marquis: archduke | aristocrat | armiger | baron | baronet | blue blood | Brahman | count | daimio | duke | earl | esquire | gentleman | grand duke | grandee | hidalgo | lace-curtain | laird | landgrave | lord | lordling | magnate | magnifico | margrave | noble | nobleman | optimate | palsgrave | patrician | peer | seigneur | seignior | silk-stocking | squire | swell | thoroughbred | upper-cruster | viscount | waldgrave

See Also | humorist | humourist | Lord | noble | nobleman

Marquis In Webster's Dictionary

\Mar"quis\, n. [F. marquis, OF. markis, marchis, LL. marchensis; of German origin; cf. G. mark bound, border, march, OHG. marcha. See {March} border, and cf. {Marchioness}, {Marquee}, {Marquess}.] A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.

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