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marquess
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marquess

 or marquis

European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count or earl. The wife of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. The term originally denoted a count holding a march, or mark (frontier district).


marquess
1. (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl
2. See marquis


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