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[ mahr-kwis ] / ˈmɑr kwɪs /
noun British.marquee (def. 3). marquis. Origin of marquessspelling variant of marquis WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH marquessmarque, marquee, marquess , marquis, marquiseWords nearby marquessMarquand, marque, marquee, Marquesan, Marquesas Islands, marquess, marquessate, marquetry, Marquette, Márquez, marquis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for marquessDuchess is the highest rank in the English peerage (in descending order the ranks go duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron). Kate Middleton: Why Be a Duchess When You Can Be a Princess?|Tom Sykes|August 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Indeed, he couldn't conceive that his Marquess of Queensbury rules might be seen as an easily exploited weakness. To Hell With Privacy|Richard Miniter|December 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST For the Marquess died, and the man whom Ringan had offended succeeded to the title and estates. Highways and Byways in The Border|Andrew Lang 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. Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes|Charles Sellers and Others
The feelings which had produced the coalition against the Marquess of Argyle retained their force long after his death. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay Richard put his arm round the lad's neck: so the Marquess told his story. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett To the Marquess much of this letter was extremely uninteresting—much of it quite incomprehensible. What Will He Do With It, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for marquess
noun(in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl See marquis Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |