marquess
IPA: mˈɑrkwʌs
noun
- A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.
- (obsolete) A marchioness.
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Examples of "marquess" in Sentences
- They were the parents of the Marquess.
- Anne held the title marquess of Pembroke.
- Linked the Marquess to above family tree.
- He also demoted the barbaric princes to marquesses.
- The husband of a princess was ranked as a marquess.
- The Marquess of Londonderry is in the Irish peerage.
- The house is the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Exeter.
- A prime example of this is that of the Marquess of Salisbury.
- For information on this creation, see the Marquess of Salisbury.
- As the heir apparent of the Marquess, he used the courtesy title of Viscount.
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