marquis

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English

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Alternative forms

  • marquess (with a feminine suffix, but still masculine in gender)
  • marquesse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary”).

Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).

Pronunciation

Noun

marquis (plural marquises or marquis or (obsolete) marquisses)

  1. 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.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

nobleman — see marquess

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Verb

marquis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of marcar

French

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Etymology

From Old French marchis, from the same origin as marcher.

Pronunciation

Noun

marquis m (plural marquis, feminine marquise)

  1. marquess (title of nobility)

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