marquis

[ mahr-kwis, mahr-kee; French mar-kee ]

/ ˈmɑr kwɪs, mɑrˈki; French marˈki /

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noun, plural mar·quis·es

[mahr-kwi-siz,] /ˈmɑr kwɪ sɪz,/ mar·quis

[mahr-keez; French mar-kee]. /mɑrˈkiz; French marˈki/.

a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.

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Also British, marquess .

Origin of marquis

1250–1300; Middle English markis<Middle French marquis<Italian marchese<Medieval Latin *(comēs) marc(h)ēnsis (count) of a borderland. See march², -ese

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH marquis

marque, marquee, marquess, marquis , marquise

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marquess, marquessate, marquetry, Marquette, Márquez, marquis, marquisate, marquise, marquisette, Marquis of Queensberry rules, Marrakech

Other definitions for marquis (2 of 2)

Marquis

[ mahr-kwis ]

/ ˈmɑr kwɪs /

noun

Don(ald Robert Perry), 1878–1937, U.S. humorist and poet.

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How to use marquis in a sentence

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The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”
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Marquis-Boire has extensively researched DaVinci and Finfisher malware, and says Blackshades is a bit different.
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Her husband was the Marquis of Lorne when she married him, later the 9th Duke of Argyll.
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Marquis et al. are looking to fry a much bigger, much blonder political fish.
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I am afraid, Monsieur le Marquis, that I shall be interfering with your arrangements?
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Condillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.
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He inclosed it under a cover to the Marquis Santa Cruz, who had a villa in the neighbourhood.
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He directed the brief letter to the Marquis de Montemar, and left it on the table.
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"Soldiers, attend the Marquis de Montemar to the gates," coldly replied the warden.
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British Dictionary definitions for marquis (1 of 2)

marquis

/ (ˈmɑːkwɪs, mɑːˈkiː, French marki) /

noun plural -quises or -quis

(in various countries) a nobleman ranking above a count, corresponding to a British marquess. The title of marquis is often used in place of that of marquess

Word Origin for marquis

C14: from Old French marchis, literally: count of the march, from marche march ²

British Dictionary definitions for marquis (2 of 2)

Marquis

/ (ˈmɑːkwɪs) /

noun

Don (ald Robert Perry). 1878–1937, US humorist; author of archy and mehitabel (1927)

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