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UK
/mˈɑːkwɛs/
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[ US /ˈmɑɹkwəs/ ]
[ US /ˈmɑɹkwəs/ ]
NOUN
- a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
- nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
How To Use marquess In A Sentence
- The list also includes Her Majesty The Queen, eight more Dukes, five Marquesses, thirteen Earls, five Viscounts, twenty-three Lords, seven Baronets, fifty-four Knights, two Dames and six Ladies.
- The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
- Guastalla to Mantua, but sold the marquessate of Casale to France The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
- Geoffrey watched as the clouds began to figuratively darken the marquess ' face.
- And therefore if a man have a lean and straight face, a Marquess Ottons cut will make it broad and large; if it be platter-like, a long, slender beard will make it seem the narrower; if he be weasel-becked, then much hair left on the cheeks will make the owner look big like a bowdled hen, and as grim as a goose, if Cornelis of Chelmersford say true. Of Our Apparel and Attire. Chapter VII. [1577, Book III., Chapter 2; 1587, Book II., Chapter 7
- I may not remove overfar from you, I purpose to relate to you of a marquess, not an act of magnificence, but a monstrous folly, which, albeit good ensued to him thereof in the end, I counsel not any to imitate, for it was a thousand pities that weal betided him thereof. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
- And Rupert as a marquess might prove to be a completely different kind of person: serious and backward-looking. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
- I think it's more likely that it commemorates the first marquess himself, rather than his son, as his name was also Arthur (as were all four of his predecessors as Earl of Donegall). Linkspam for 15-8-2009
- He's a botanist, interested in this sort of thing -- and he's read about the Marquess of Bute's trials. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
- The Scottish aristocracy, made up of dukes, marquesses, earldoms and viscounts, still in this age of post-deference hold significant power and wealth.