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Marquis

//ˈmɑː.kwɪs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from French. countable, uncountable
2
A place name:; A town in Grenada, West Indies. countable, uncountable
3
A place name:; A new neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
4
A place name:; A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191. countable, uncountable
5
A place name:; A village within the Saskatchewan municipality. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
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.
2
nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count wordnet
3
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French marquis.

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