Word Meanings - MARKIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A marquis. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to MARKIS)

• MARQUISDOM
  A marquisate. "Nobles of the marquisdom of Saluce." Holinshed.
• MARQUISATE
  The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
• MARQUIS
  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
• MARQUISSHIP
  A marquisate.
• MARQUISE
  The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.