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What is a marquis?

What is a marquis? Here are some definitions.

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 patent.
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He breaks the bank, but when he offers Paulina the money to buy off the marquis, she is ashamed and hurls it back at him in disgust.
The 12 th marquis was an accomplished jazz pianist and his elder son likes to chill out with his guitar.
The servants of a duke or marquis had seven rows of curls on their state wigs, six on their house wigs and five on their carriage wigs.
By cynically playing on the follies of various discontented peers and MPs, he builds a faction round the marquis.
The marquis gave his friend a disparaging look and left the lodgings without another word.
The Venetian republic forbade its citizen nobles from assuming titles such as prince, duke, marquis, or count.

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