- (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl
- See marquis
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mar•quess /ˈmɑrkwɪs/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- British Termsa British nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl.
- British Termsmarquis.
mar•quess
(mär′kwis),USA pronunciation n. [Brit.]
- British Termsmarquee (def. 3).
- British Termsmarquis.
- spelling, spelled variant of marquis
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marquess /ˈmɑːkwɪs/ n
mar•quis /ˈmɑrkwɪs, mɑrˈki/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -quis•es, -quis
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- /-ˈkiz/.USA pronunciation
- British Termsa European nobleman ranking below a duke and above a count.
mar•quis
(mär′kwis, mär kē′; Fr. mar kē′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -quis•es, -quis
(-kēz′; Fr. -kē′).USA pronunciation
Mar•quis (mär′kwis),USA pronunciation n.
- a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
- Medieval Latin *(comēs) marc(h)ēnsis (count) of a borderland. See march2, -ese
- Italian marchese
- Middle French marquis
- Middle English markis 1250–1300
Mar•quis (mär′kwis),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Don(ald Robert Perry), 1878–1937, U.S. humorist and poet.
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