marquesses

variants or marquises or marquis
Definition of marquessesnext
plural of marquess
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Noun
  • Wilson is an heiress to the Holiday Inn hotel fortune and her husband has long been linked to the princes.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • Peyton, 27, showed small, delicate drawings of princes, aristocrats, historical figures, writers.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Such hospitality was reserved for a narrow category of humanity, resembling as closely as possible those local barons whose surnames crusted the stones of local cemeteries.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The fires burned most of Nob Hill where the railroad barons lived.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Agatha delivered on both counts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • Drozd read the three charges against Mendoza Hernandez — two counts of assaulting a federal officer and one count of destruction of government property.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2026
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“Marquesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marquesses. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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