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marquess [mahr-kwis] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun British. marquee(def 3). marquis. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of marquess spelling variant of marquis Can be confusedmarque marquee marquess marquis marquise Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marquess Contemporary Examples of marquess
Duchess is the highest rank in the English peerage (in descending order the ranks go duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron).
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Indeed, he couldn’t conceive that his Marquess of Queensbury rules might be seen as an easily exploited weakness.
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Historical Examples of marquess
If your master have left the Marquess’, let this be forwarded to him at Richmond immediately.
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
The Marquess of Carabas started in life as the cadet of a noble family.
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
The eyes of the Marquess sparkled, and the mouth of the Marquess was closed.
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
There was a dead silence, which at length the Marquess broke.
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
The Marquess swore a fearful oath, and threw another letter.
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for marquess marquess noun (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl See marquis Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
