Definition of marquis Marquis

/mɑˌɹkiˈ/ - [markee] - Mar•quis

We found 7 definitions of marquis from 6 different sources.

What does marquis mean?

Noun Plural: marquises
marquis - nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
		marquess
marquis - humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
		Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis

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marquis (Noun)
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 patent.

marquis (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.

marquis
A nobleman of hereditary rank in various European monarchies and some of their colonies.

marquis
The degree of nobility which in the peerage of England ranks next to a duke. Marquises were originally commanders on the borders or frontiers of countries, or on the sea-coast, which they were bound to protect. In England, the title of marquis was used in this sense as early as the reign of Henry III., when there were marquises or lords-marchers of the borders of Scotland and Wales; and the foreign equivalent of markgraf was common on the continent.