Usually means: Noble rank below duke, above.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word marquess:

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  1. marquess: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. marquess: Merriam-Webster
  3. marquess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. marquess: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. marquess: Collins English Dictionary
  6. marquess: Vocabulary.com
  7. Marquess, marquess: Wordnik
  8. marquess: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. marquess: Wiktionary
  10. marquess: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. marquess: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Marquess, marquess: Dictionary.com
  13. Marquess (band), Marquess (disambiguation), Marquess: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Marquess: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. marquess: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Marquess: Rhymezone
  17. Marquess: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. marquess: FreeDictionary.org
  19. marquess: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. marquess: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. marquess: Encyclopedia

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  1. marquess: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A marchioness.

Similar:
margrave, earl, count, viscount, esquire, countess, Marshal, earl marshal, markgraf, margravate, more...

Opposite:
countess, earl, viscount, baron

Phrases:
lady marquess, first marquess cornwallis, Marquess of Queensberry Rules, David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, more...

Adjectives:
first, noble, second, third, late, 4th, 5th, present, fourth, 1st, 3rd

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Similar:
margrave, earl, count, viscount, esquire, countess, Marshal, earl marshal, markgraf, margravate, more...

Opposite:
countess, earl, viscount, baron

Phrases:
lady marquess, first marquess cornwallis, Marquess of Queensberry Rules, David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, more...

Adjectives:
first, noble, second, third, late, 4th, 5th, present, fourth, 1st, 3rd



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