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marquis
(encz) | marquis,markýz n: Zdeněk Brož |
Marquis
(gcide) | 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.
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marquis
(wn) | Marquis
n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, {Donald Robert
Perry Marquis}]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn:
marquis, marquess] |
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marquis
(encz) | marquis,markýz n: Zdeněk Brož |
marquise
(encz) | marquise,markýza n: Zdeněk Brožmarquise,šapitó Zdeněk Brož |
marquisette
(encz) | marquisette,jemná látka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Marquisate
(gcide) | Marquisate \Mar"quis*ate\, n. [Cf. F. marquisat.]
The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the
territory governed by a marquis.
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Marquisdom
(gcide) | Marquisdom \Mar"quis*dom\, n.
A marquisate. [Obs.] "Nobles of the marquisdom of Saluce."
--Holinshed.
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Marquise
(gcide) | Marquise \Mar`quise"\, n. [F. See Marquis, and cf. Marquee.]
The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
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Marquisship
(gcide) | Marquisship \Mar"quis*ship\, n.
A marquisate.
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don marquis
(wn) | Don Marquis
n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, {Donald Robert
Perry Marquis}] |
donald robert perry marquis
(wn) | Donald Robert Perry Marquis
n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, {Donald Robert
Perry Marquis}] |
iles marquises
(wn) | Iles Marquises
n 1: a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific;
part of French Polynesia [syn: Marquesas Islands, {Iles
Marquises}] |
marquis
(wn) | Marquis
n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, {Donald Robert
Perry Marquis}]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn:
marquis, marquess] |
marquis de condorcet
(wn) | Marquis de Condorcet
n 1: French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794) [syn:
Condorcet, Marquis de Condorcet, {Marie Jean Antoine
Nicolas Caritat}] |
marquis de lafayette
(wn) | Marquis de Lafayette
n 1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the
American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: Lafayette, {La
Fayette}, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier,
Marquis de Lafayette] |
marquis de laplace
(wn) | Marquis de Laplace
n 1: French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the
nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar
system and who developed the theory of probability
(1749-1827) [syn: Laplace, Marquis de Laplace, {Pierre
Simon de Laplace}] |
marquis de sade
(wn) | Marquis de Sade
n 1: French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual
perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814) [syn:
Sade, de Sade, {Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de
Sade}, Marquis de Sade] |
marquise
(wn) | marquise
n 1: a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
[syn: marchioness, marquise]
2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn:
marquee, marquise] |
marquise de maintenon
(wn) | Marquise de Maintenon
n 1: French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king
after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) [syn:
Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon, {Francoise
d'Aubigne}, Madame de Maintenon] |
marquise de montespan
(wn) | Marquise de Montespan
n 1: French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he
became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707) [syn:
Montespan, Marquise de Montespan, {Francoise-Athenais
de Rochechouart}] |
marquise de pompadour
(wn) | Marquise de Pompadour
n 1: French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose
policies she influenced (1721-1764) [syn: Pompadour,
Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson] |
second marquis of rockingham
(wn) | Second Marquis of Rockingham
n 1: English statesman who served as prime minister and who
opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
[syn: Rockingham, Second Marquis of Rockingham,
Charles Watson-Wentworth] |
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