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UK
/mˈɑːkwɛs/
]
[ US /ˈmɑɹkwəs/ ]
[ US /ˈmɑɹkwəs/ ]
NOUN
- a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
- nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
How To Use marquess In A Sentence
- The list also includes Her Majesty The Queen, eight more Dukes, five Marquesses, thirteen Earls, five Viscounts, twenty-three Lords, seven Baronets, fifty-four Knights, two Dames and six Ladies.
- The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
- Counts, knights, barons and marquesses gathered in the guilded ballroom of the hotel to mark the focal event of the aristocratic social calendar.
- Fifteen minutes later the door opened to reveal the Marquess of Bradford, striding confidently towards him.
- Shown above right is the hatchment of Charles Compton, 9th Earl and 1st Marquess of Northampton.
- The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
- The phrase originates from the days of early bare-knuckle boxing or prizefighting bouts, a time long before any rules were produced by the Marquess of Queensberry.
- At the funeral of Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1792, his body was borne to its resting place in St Paul's Cathedral by no less than three dukes, two marquesses, three earls, a viscount and a baron.
- The little girl laid her head on the chest of the marquess.
- It seems presumptuous to call a marquess's heir Josh. Snow Angels