marquesses

variants or marquises or marquis
Definition of marquessesnext
plural of marquess

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Noun
  • The arrival of the Targaryen princes is a big deal for the town of Ashford and the knights and lords and ladies assembled there.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the early 1900s, the region launched Neiman Marcus, a luxury store that catered to the tastes of local cotton and oil barons.
    Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Unsheltered homelessness decreased by 45% between 2023 and 2025, according to those year’s counts, but advocates for homeless people say cold-weather shelters and other factors can obscure the figures.
    Jon Murray, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
  • January’s indictment alleges 32 counts involving bank fraud, bank burglary, computer fraud and damage to computers.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Marquesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marquesses. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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