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:
marquisPlural:
marquisesOrigin of Marquis
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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
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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
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Meaning is “lord of the march", in sense of march (“border country").
From Wiktionary
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