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Marquess
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Marquess has 2 senses
- marquess(n = noun.person) marquis - nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count; Array is a kind of lord, noble, nobleman
- marquess(n = noun.person) Array - a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl; Array is a kind of peer
CIDE DICTIONARY
Marquess, n. [Cf. Sp. marques. See Marquis.].
A marquis. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Marquess, n. a British nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl (cf. MARQUIS).
Derivative
marquessate n.
Etymology
var. of MARQUIS
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