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Webster 1913 Edition

Marquess

Mar′quess

,

Noun.

[Cf. Sp.

marques

. See

.]

A marquis.

Lady marquess

,

a marchioness.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Definition 2024

marquess

marquess

English

Alternative forms

marquis

Noun

marquess ‎(plural marquesses)

A title of nobility ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Related terms

Translations

title of nobility

Arabic: مَرْكِيز m ‎(markīz)
Armenian: մարկիզ (hy) ‎(markiz)
Belarusian: маркіз m ‎(markíz)
Bulgarian: маркиз m ‎(markíz)
Catalan: marquès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 侯爵 (zh) ‎(hóujué)
Czech: markýz m
Dutch: markies (nl) m
Esperanto: markizo
Faroese: markgreivi m
Finnish: markiisi (fi)
French: marquis (fr) m
Middle French: marquis m, marchis m
German: Marquis (de) m
Greek: μαρκήσιος (el) m ‎(markísios)
Hungarian: márki (hu), őrgróf (hu)

Icelandic: markgreifi m
Irish: marcas (ga) m
Italian: marchese (it) m
Japanese: 侯爵 (ja) ‎(こうしゃく, kōshaku)
Middle English: marquis, markis
Norman: martchis m
Khmer: ឧកញ៉ា (km) ‎(okɲaa), ពញា (km) ‎(pɲie)
Korean: 후작 (ko) ‎(hujak) (侯爵 (ko))
Macedonian: маркиз m ‎(markíz)
Maori: mākuihi
Old English: eorl m
Polish: markiz m
Portuguese: marquês (pt) m
Russian: марки́з (ru) m ‎(markíz)
Slovene: markiz (sl) m
Spanish: marqués (es) m
Swedish: markis (sv) c, markgreve c
Thai: มาร์ควิส
Ukrainian: маркіз m ‎(markíz)
Vietnamese: hầu tước (侯爵)