marquis
pronunciation
How to pronounce marquis in British English:
UK [ˈmɑ:kwɪs]
How to pronounce marquis in American English:
US [ˈmɑrkwɪs]
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- Noun:
- nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
Word Origin
- marquis
- marquis: [14] Etymologically, a marquis is a lord of the ‘marches’ or borderlands. The word comes from Old French marquis, an alteration of an earlier marchis. This was a derivative of medieval Latin marca ‘border, frontier’, source of archaic English march ‘border’. The feminine form marchioness [16] comes from medieval Latin marchionissa, a derivative of marchiō ‘lord of the marches’, which likewise was based on marca.The French feminine form of marquis is marquise. This was borrowed into English in the 17th century and used for a ‘large tent’. It soon came to be misanalysed as a plural form, and so a new ‘singular’, marquee, was born.=> march, mark, marquee
- marquis (n.)
- also marquess, c. 1300, title of nobility, from Old French marchis, literally "ruler of a border area," from Old French marche "frontier," from Medieval Latin marca "frontier, frontier territory" (see march (n.1)). Originally the ruler of border territories in various European regions (such as Italian marchese, Spanish marqués); later a mere title of rank, below duke and above count. Related: Marquisate.
Example
- 1. Take the chevrolet cobalt and the mercury grand marquis .
- 2. Why do the cobalt and grand marquis lose so much value ?
- 3. I just moved out of my house , so I 'm staying at the sunset marquis hotel - very famous for a lot of things .
- 4. Add the fact that the film fixates on praying to christ and chanting the psalms , and you 've got yourself a mystery in the homeland of marquis de sade .
- 5. The company 's sales from chinese buyers have increased 20 % year over year for the past two to three years , said michael r. marcotte , a poly marquis general manager .