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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Marquis \Mar"quis\, noun [F. marquis, OF. markis, marchis, LL. marchensis; of German origin; cf. G. mark bound, border, march, OHG. marcha. See {March} border, and cf. {Marchioness}, {Marquee}, {Marquess}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Marquis
noun
1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) [syn: {Don Marquis}, {Donald Robert Perry Marquis}]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn: {marquess}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "marquis": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave
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