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marquess
[ mahr-kwis ]
/ ˈmɑr kwɪs /
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Origin of marquess
Spelling variant of
marquisWords nearby marquess
Marquand,
marque,
marquee,
Marquesan,
Marquesas Islands,
marquess,
marquessate,
marquetry,
Marquette,
Márquez,
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How to use marquess in a sentence
“Politics is a hard-nosed game, and the right has been playing Marquess of Queensbury Rules for a long time on this,” he said.
Duchess is the highest rank in the English peerage (in descending order the ranks go duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron).
There's an ancient joke about a young MP who, late in the 19th century, posed a question to the aged Marquess of Salisbury.
Indeed, he couldn't conceive that his Marquess of Queensbury rules might be seen as an easily exploited weakness.
A Whig of still greater note and authority, the Marquess of Hartington, separated himself on this occasion from the junto.
"He (pointing to the young gentleman in sky-blue) is the only son of the powerful Marquess of Filletoville." '
The Marquess de Bouille, on hearing of the circumstance, took them to his house, where he treated them most hospitably.
I am the youngest son of a marquess, answered the youth, a barber by trade, and affianced to the daughter of the King of Castille.
Coningsby was summoned from Eton to Monmouth House, and returned to school in the full favour of the marquess.
British Dictionary definitions for marquess
noun
(in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl
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