"marquis" meaning in English

See marquis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mɑɹ.ˈki/ [General-American], /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/ [General-American], /mɑɹ.ˈkiz/ [General-American] (note: for the plural spelled marquis) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marquis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: marquises [plural], marquis [plural], marquisses [obsolete, plural]
Etymology: From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary”). Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|markis}} Middle English markis, {{der|en|fro|markis}} Old French markis, {{m|fro|marchis}} marchis, {{der|en|LL.|marchensis}} Late Latin marchensis, {{der|en|goh|marcha}} Old High German marcha, {{der|en|frk|*marku}} Frankish *marku, {{der|en|gem-pro|*markō}} Proto-Germanic *markō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*marǵ-||edge, boundary}} Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary”), {{m|en|march||border country}} march (“border country”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|marquis|marquisses|pl3qual=obsolete}} marquis (plural marquises or marquis or (obsolete) marquisses)
  1. A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close. Categories (topical): Nobility
    Sense id: en-marquis-en-noun-1cEL3F~j Disambiguation of Nobility: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia). Categories (lifeform): Limenitidine butterflies
    Sense id: en-marquis-en-noun-5JzsGMC7 Disambiguation of Limenitidine butterflies: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: marquess (english: with a feminine suffix, but still masculine in gender), marquesse [obsolete] Derived forms: marquisate, Marquis of Queensberry rules Related terms: marchioness, marquee, marquise

Inflected forms

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