Marquis Definition

märkwis; Fr mȧpkē
marquises
noun
marquises
In some countries of Europe, a nobleman ranking above an earl or count and below a duke.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • marquess
  • Donald Robert Perry Marquis
  • Don Marquis

Other Word Forms of Marquis

Noun

Singular:
marquis
Plural:
marquises

Origin of Marquis

  • French: marquis; Old French: markis, marchis; Late Latin: marchensis; Old High German: marcha. Frankish *marka, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary").

    From Wiktionary

  • Partly from French marquis and partly from Middle English marques both from Old French marquis, marchis from marche border country of Germanic origin merg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Meaning is “lord of the march", in sense of march (“border country").

    From Wiktionary

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