Definitions for Marquis

Marquis mar·quis

Spelling: [mahr-kwis, mahr-kee; French ma
IPA: /ˈmɑr kwɪs, mɑrˈki; French marˈki/

Marquis is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in Marquis (aimqrsu).

Definitions for Marquis

noun

  1. a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
  2. Don(ald Robert Perry) 1878–1937, U.S. humorist and poet.

Origin of Marquis

1250-1300; Middle English markis Middle French marquis Italian marchese Medieval Latin *(comēs) marc(h)ēnsis (count) of a borderland. See march2,

Examples for Marquis

The French aristocrat marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”

The marquis had naturally expected to find him in the midst of pomp.

That same evening, they are entertaining a local landowner, the marquis de Cambremer.

The marquis made a round of the principal of those mansions.

Her husband was the marquis of Lorne when she married him, later the 9th Duke of Argyll.

The marquis found Vienna less gay than it was on his former visit.

Cannot we go to them, who do not seek the hospitality of the marquis?

But the marquis has no mercy on the performances of poor Miss Pardoe.

marquis says online ads, phone calls, and follow-up emails soliciting money directly for Ken Cuccinelli will follow shortly.

marquis et al. are looking to fry a much bigger, much blonder political fish.

Word Value for Marquis
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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