mar·quess

also marquis (mär′kwĭs)

1. A British nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl or a count.

2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.

[Middle English marques; see marquis.]

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marquess

(ˈmɑːkwɪs)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) See marquis

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mar•quess

(ˈmɑr kwɪs)

n.

1. a British nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl.

2. marquis.

(variant of marquis]

mar′quess•ate, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	marquess - nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count marquis noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm
	2.	marquess - a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

Translations

markýz

markiisi

marquess

[ˈmɑːkwɪs] N → marqués m

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marquess

marquis [ˈmɑː^rkwɪs] n → marquis m

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marquess

n → Marquis m

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"Go you, Duncan," he said; "go with this marquess, as, indeed, marquess he should be; go to his marquee and arrange it all.

"It may be all right, sir, but I have no overweening reliance on the faith of these marquesses, or marquis, as they call themselves.

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The king, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost: Genoa yielded; the Florentines became his friends; the Marquess of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my lady of Forli, the Lords of Faenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese--everybody made advances to him to become his friend.

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In honour of the Marquess de Mendoza, then viceroy of Peru--under whose auspices the navigator sailed--he bestowed upon them the name which denoted the rank of his patron, and gave to the world on his return a vague and magnificent account of their beauty.

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"He (pointing to the young gentleman in sky-blue) is the only son of the powerful Marquess of Filletoville."

The mail!" With these words, overpowered by her feelings, and the exertion of sticking the young Marquess of Filletoville, she sank into my uncle's arms.

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Papoosh Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador (attended by Kibob Bey, dragoman of the mission), the Marquess of Steyne, Earl of Southdown, Sir Pitt and Lady Jane Crawley, Mr.

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He knew some anecdotes about the heroes of the turf, and various clever tricks of Marquesses and Viscounts which seemed to prove that blood asserted its pre-eminence even among black-legs; but the minute retentiveness of his memory was chiefly shown about the horses he had himself bought and sold; the number of miles they would trot you in no time without turning a hair being, after the lapse of years, still a subject of passionate asseveration, in which he would assist the imagination of his hearers by solemnly swearing that they never saw anything like it.

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John Morris, whose uncle Henry Morris was head butler to Lord Henry Paget, the 7th Marquess of Anglesey, at Plas Newydd in Anglesey, was 17 when they were asked to attend to a VIP guest at the house near Llanfairpwll.

'Prince Charles was offended by protests and the song Carlo... it was a shame' EX-BUTLER RECALLS ROYALS' INVESTITURE VISIT

A property company owned by the Marquess of Bristol has lent money to the developers behind the New Chinatown site in Liverpool.

Aristocrat the Marquess of Bristol lends money to controversial New Chinatown site; London-based property company has loaned money to the China Town Development Company

However records at Companies House have now revealed that a firm owned by the Marquess of Bristol has loaned money to China Town Development Company.

Marquess is behind loan to new China Town developers; Landed gentry is linked to new firm behind revived city centre scheme

Jacob Marquess and Krista Schweizer of Nokomis were united in marriage on Saturday, June, 9, 2018.

Jacob Marquess and Krista Schweizer wed last June