marquis
Meanings
Plural: marquis, marquises, marquisses
Noun
- humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
- nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
- A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. 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 letters patent or letters close.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”).
Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).
Synonyms
Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis, marquess
Scrabble Score: 18
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