What is the name meaning of MARQUIS. Phrases containing MARQUIS
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Shakespearean
King Richard III' Marquis of Dorset, son of Edward's Queen.
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Nobleman
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English : variant spelling of Marquis.
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French
Royalty. French royalty title.
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English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, from Middle English, Old French grange (Latin granica ‘granary’, ‘barn’, from granum ‘grain’). In some cases, the surname has arisen from places named with this word, for example in Dorset and West Yorkshire in England, and in Ardèche and Jura in France. The Marquis de Lafayette owned a property named Lagrange, and there used to be a place in VT so named in his honor.
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Italian American
A title name ranking below duke and above earl.
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English
English : variant of Marquis.
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Royalty. French royalty title.
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Variant spelling of English Marquis, MARQUISE means "governor of a border country."
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Royalty. French royalty title.
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Australian, French
Royalty; French Royalty Title; Noblewoman
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French American
A title name ranking below duke and above earl.
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Surname. At the age of 20 the French nobleman Marquis de Lafayette went to fight for four years...
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English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
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A marquis.
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The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.
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A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.
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A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
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A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
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A marquisate.
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The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.
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A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.
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The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
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A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.
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A marquis.
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The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
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A marquisate.
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An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.