marquesses

variants or marquises or marquis
Definition of marquessesnext
plural of marquess

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Noun
  • After Baelor’s funeral, Maekar asks Dunk to serve under him and take his son Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) as his squire, but Dunk says he’s done with princes after all this.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Britain’s King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917, and initiated legislation to strike out the titles of princes and lords who had backed the Germans.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Turning to Yasmin, there are so many biographical parallels between her and Ghislaine Maxwell — their dads being publishing barons who had fatal accidents on their boats.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
  • As written, these bills strip away the remaining local input on large projects, leaving nothing in the way of the wealthy, land barons and non-Floridian developers.
    Katherine Sayler, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Police arrested Allman and charged him with burglary, two counts of criminal mischief, and breach of bail.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Gray, 55, faces 29 felony counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children.
    Kat Greene, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Marquesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marquesses. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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