"marquess" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/ [US] Audio: En-us-marquess.ogg Forms: marquesses [plural]
Etymology: See marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very unusual in the English language in that it ends in -ess but is a masculine term. The title is granted only to males (the female equivalent is marchioness). Head templates: {{en-noun}} marquess (plural marquesses)
  1. A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl. Categories (topical): Nobility Translations (title of nobility): مَرْكِيز (markīz) [masculine] (Arabic), մարկիզ (markiz) (Armenian), markiz (Azerbaijani), маркі́з (markíz) [masculine] (Belarusian), markiz [masculine] (Breton), марки́з (markíz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), marquès [masculine] (Catalan), 侯爵 (hóujué) (Chinese Mandarin), markýz [masculine] (Czech), markis [common-gender] (Danish), markies [masculine] (Dutch), markizo (Esperanto), markii (Estonian), markgreivi [masculine] (Faroese), markiisi (Finnish), marquis [masculine] (French), Marquis [masculine] (German), Markgraf [masculine] (German), μαρκήσιος (markísios) [masculine] (Greek), márki (Hungarian), őrgróf (Hungarian), markgreifi [masculine] (Icelandic), tumenggung (Indonesian), marcas [masculine] (Irish), marchese [masculine] (Italian), 侯爵 (kōshaku) (alt: こうしゃく) (Japanese), ឧកញ៉ា (okɲaa) (Khmer), ពញា (pɲie) (Khmer), 후작 (hujak) (alt: 侯爵) (Korean), marchensis [Late, masculine] (Latin), marchiō [masculine] (Latin), marchisus [masculine] (Latin), marķīzs [masculine] (Latvian), markgrāfs [masculine] (Latvian), markizas [masculine] (Lithuanian), марки́з (markíz) [masculine] (Macedonian), ᡥᡝᠣ (heo) (Manchu), mākuihi (Maori), marquis (Middle English), markis (Middle English), marquis [masculine] (Middle French), marchis [masculine] (Middle French), martchis [masculine] (Norman), marki [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), marki [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eorl [masculine] (Old English), ماركی (marki) (Ottoman Turkish), مارکی (mârki) (Persian), markiz [masculine] (Polish), marquês [masculine] (Portuguese), marchiz [masculine] (Romanian), марки́з (markíz) [masculine] (Russian), маркиз [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), markiz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), markíz [masculine] (Slovak), markiz [masculine] (Slovene), marqués [masculine] (Spanish), markis [common-gender] (Swedish), markgreve [common-gender] (Swedish), markes (Tagalog), มาร์ควิส (Thai), marki (Turkish), маркі́з (markíz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), markiz (Uzbek), hầu tước (alt: 侯爵) (Vietnamese)
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  2. (obsolete) A marchioness. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Nobility
    Sense id: en-marquess-en-noun-rNl15hqo Disambiguation of Nobility: 54 46 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: marquis (english: the most common form), marquesse [obsolete] Related terms: march, marchioness, marquisate, marquise

Inflected forms

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      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "heo",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "ᡥᡝᠣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "mākuihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "marquis"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "markis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "martchis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eorl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "marki",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "ماركی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mârki",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "مارکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "markiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marquês"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marchiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "markíz",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "марки́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маркиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "markiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "markíz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "markiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marqués"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "markis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "markgreve"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "markes"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "มาร์ควิส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "marki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "markíz",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маркі́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "markiz"
    },
    {
      "alt": "侯爵",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "title of nobility",
      "word": "hầu tước"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "marquess"
  ],
  "word": "marquess"
}

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