marquesses

variants or marquises or marquis
plural of marquess

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marquesses
Noun
  • Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And now, with a lucrative new four-year deal for film and TV at Paramount for their production company, Upside Down Pictures, they’re primed to become the crown princes of Hollywood.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Teeming with tennis courts, specimen trees and stone mansions raised from the dirt by 19th-century railroad barons, the suburb makes wealth feel like weather, an ozone layer shrouding everything — ambient, constant and vital.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But the grab bag of parts—cheese barons, Nazis—never comes together, and the old obsessions never acquire new force.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Oral arguments for Bankman-Fried’s appeal are set to begin in Manhattan on Tuesday, nearly two years to the day since he was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy that led to his 25-year prison sentence.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Kohberger is serving four consecutive life sentences with no parole, plus another 10 years, for four counts of first-degree murder and one of burglary.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Marquesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marquesses. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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