1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

marquess

13 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. marquess (noun)
  2. Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl (biographical name)
  3. Curzon (of Kedleston), George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess (biographical name)
  4. Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess of (biographical name)
  5. Gálvez, José, marquess de la Sonora (biographical name)
  6. Graziani, Roldolfo, marquess di Neghelli (biographical name)
  7. Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquess of (biographical name)
  8. Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of (biographical name)
  9. Pombal, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquess de (biographical name)
  10. Pucci, Emilio, marquess di Barsento (biographical name)
  11. Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of (biographical name)
  12. Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd marquess of (biographical name)
  13. Wellesley (of Norragh), Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess (biographical name)

marquess

European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count or earl. The wife of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. The term originally denoted a count holding a march, or mark (frontier district).

Variants of MARQUESS

marquess or marquis

This entry comes from Encyclopædia Britannica Concise.
For the full entry on marquess, visit Britannica.com.

Learn More About MARQUESS

Seen & Heard

What made you look up marquess? Please tell us what you were reading, watching or discussing that led you here.

Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

Get Our Free Apps

Voice Search, Favorites,
Word of the Day, and More

iPhone | iPad | Android | More