marquess

[ mahr-kwis ]

nounBritish.

Origin of marquess

1
Spelling variant of marquis

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How to use marquess in a sentence

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

    The Pickwick Papers | Charles Dickens
  • The marquess de Bouille, on hearing of the circumstance, took them to his house, where he treated them most hospitably.

  • I am the youngest son of a marquess, answered the youth, a barber by trade, and affianced to the daughter of the King of Castille.

    Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes | Charles Sellers and Others
  • Coningsby was summoned from Eton to Monmouth House, and returned to school in the full favour of the marquess.

    The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

British Dictionary definitions for marquess

marquess

/ (ˈmɑːkwɪs) /


noun
  1. (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl

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