Marquis
['mɑːkwɪs]
['mɑːkwɪs] or ['mɑrkwɪs]
Definition
(noun.) nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count.
(noun.) humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937).
Checked by Giselle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
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Definition
n. a title of nobility next below that of a duke first given in England in 1386:—fem. Mar′chioness.—ns. Mar′quisāte the dignity or lordship of a marquis; Marquise in France a marchioness: a style of parasol about 1850.
Typist: Morton
Examples
- To one of the most generous and kindest men in the world, as he is one of the greatest--to my excellent friend, the Marquis of Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But he lives unknown in England, he is no Marquis there; he is Mr. Charles Darnay. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He will be marquis some day, and there is no denying that she would make a good marchioness: she looks handsomer than ever in her mourning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yes, said the Marquis. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- From the Marquis of Steyne? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the evening a remarkably fine-looking man requested to speak to me, from the Marquis of Wellesley. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Marquis of Rockingham, Sir George Saville, and some others who honoured me with a show of friendly regard when in England. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Bernouilli, Genevois, and the Marquis de Jouffroy used paddles on the duck’s foot principle, which closed when dragged forward, and expanded when pushed to the rear. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I saw him then, messieurs, began the mender of roads, a year ago this running summer, underneath the carriage of the Marquis, hanging by the chain. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I am cool now, said Monsieur the Marquis, and may go to bed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The scantlings of the Marquis of Worcester were now being converted into complete structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We are discussing the merits of the young Marquis of Worcester, Prince, Fanny observed to him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I asked my friend, the young Marquis of Worcester, why he did not curl his straight locks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Yes, repeated the Marquis. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Monsieur the Marquis ran his eyes over them all, as if they had been mere rats come out of their holes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Who knows; we are but mortal, even marquises and dukes are but mortal. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But as to counts, marquises, dukes, earls, and the like, I was not so scrupulous. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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