marquis
Origin of marquis
Marquis
Related Words for marquis
aristocrat, patrician, emperor, commander, liege, captain, prince, nobleman, superior, overlord, baron, sovereign, bishop, potentate, monarch, leader, dad, noble, ruler, peerExamples from the Web for marquis
Contemporary Examples of marquis
The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”
Her husband was the Marquis of Lorne when she married him, later the 9th Duke of Argyll.
Marquis says online ads, phone calls, and follow-up emails soliciting money directly for Ken Cuccinelli will follow shortly.
Marquis et al. are looking to fry a much bigger, much blonder political fish.
That same evening, they are entertaining a local landowner, the Marquis de Cambremer.
Historical Examples of marquis
The Marquis found Vienna less gay than it was on his former visit.
The Marquis made a round of the principal of those mansions.
But the Marquis has no mercy on the performances of poor Miss Pardoe.
The Marquis had naturally expected to find him in the midst of pomp.
Cannot we go to them, who do not seek the hospitality of the marquis?
Fair MargaretH. Rider Haggard