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marquis
/mɑɹˈki/
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What does marquis mean?
noun
- A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
proper noun
- A surname from French.
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proper noun
- A town in Grenada, West Indies.
- A new neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191.
- A village within the Saskatchewan municipality.
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"A king may make a belted knight, A marquis, duke and a' that, But an honest man's aboon his might."
Monsieur the Marquis ran his eyes over them all, as if they had been mere rats come out of their holes.
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If the sons resembled as much as the fathers did, at least in vanity, I would be the modest agreeable Marquis.
The marquis was stationed before the fire, with his head erect and his hands behind him, in an attitude of formal expectancy.
He by degrees attached himself to his new master, the Marquis of Worcester, but not with the natural ardour of a poodle.