Associations to the word «Marquess»

Wiktionary

MARQUESS, noun. A title of nobility, ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Dictionary definition

MARQUESS, noun. Nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count.
MARQUESS, noun. A British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope