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Marquis

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Mar·quis  (märkws), Donald Robert Perry 1878-1937.
American journalist and humorist whose work was collected in volumes such as archy and mehitabel (1927).
mar·quis  (märkws, mär-k) or mar·quess (märkws)
n. pl. mar·quis·es (-kw-sz) or mar·quis (mär-kz) or mar·quess·es (-kw-sz)
1. A nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl or a count.
2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
[Middle English marques, from Old French marchis, marquis, from marche, border country, of Germanic origin; see merg- in Indo-European roots.]
marquis [ˈmɑːkwɪs mɑːˈkiː (French) marki]
n pl -quises, -quis
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in various countries) a nobleman ranking above a count, corresponding to a British marquess. The title of marquis is often used in place of that of marquess
[from Old French marchis, literally: count of the march, from marche march2]
Marquis [ˈmɑːkwɪs]
n
(Biographies / Marquis, Don(ald Robert Perry) (1878-1937) M, US, WRITING: humorous writer) Don(ald Robert Perry). 1878-1937, US humorist; author of archy and mehitabel (1927)
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Noun1.Marquis - humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis
2.Marquismarquis - nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
marquess
noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm
Translations
marquis marquess [ˈmɑːkwɪs] n → marchese m
marquis marquess [ˈmɑːkwɪs] n → marchese m


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As the tall man suddenly got up from the ground, and came running at the carriage, Monsieur the Marquis clapped his hand for an instant on his sword-hilt.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
When the colonel's pain seemed soothed, the marquis resumed his fatigue; and with the instinct, or rather the will, of a wearied man his eye took in the very depths of the forest; he questioned the tree-tops and examined the branching paths, hoping to discover some dwelling where he could ask hospitality.
Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context
Finding, then, that, in fact he could not move, he thought himself of having recourse to his usual remedy, which was to think of some passage in his books, and his craze brought to his mind that about Baldwin and the Marquis of Mantua, when Carloto left him wounded on the mountain side, a story known by heart by the children, not forgotten by the young men, and lauded and even believed by the old folk; and for all that not a whit truer than the miracles of Mahomet.
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