marquis
noun
a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
Example Sentences
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“If those marquises came back to life and saw this house, they would surely die again,” joked Elayne Clavel, 26, wife of musician Villa.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
He became a close friend of counts, marquises and businesspeople, too.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2014
The list was spattered with landowners, containing 11 dukes, six marquises, 14 earls and nine viscounts.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2013
The fanciest girls are called marquises, while those who adorn the parks are known as bucoliques.
From Time Magazine Archive
Müller’s painting in the Louvre depicts, with singular graphicness, this dreadful place of detention, where princes and princesses, counts, marquises, bishops, and all ranks were herded amid an excruciating agony.
From Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
