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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Marquis (0.01902 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Marquis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Marquis
Marquis
n 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Marquis
Marquis
\Mar"quis\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster]
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