name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
marquis
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /mɑɹˈki/
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General-American: /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/
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General-American: /mɑɹˈkiz/ for the plural spelled marquis
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CMU ARPABET: M AA2 R K IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place name:
A town in Grenada, West Indies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A place name:
A new neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A place name:
A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A place name:
A village within the Saskatchewan municipality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. 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 letters patent or letters close.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marquess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman
noun
Meaning 9
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: humorist, humourist
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French marquis.
From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).
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