marquess

English

Alternative forms

• marquis
• marquesse (obsolete)

Etymology

See marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very unusual in the English language in that it ends in -ess but is a masculine term. The title is granted only to males (the female equivalent is marchioness).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Is marquis a doublet?

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

marquess (plural marquesses)

1. A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl (count).

   Synonym: marquis

2. (obsolete) Synonym of marchioness, a female marquess.

   Synonyms: marquise, marchioness

   Anne Boleyn was created Marquess of Pembroke in 1532

Derived terms

• marquessate

Related terms

• march
• marchioness
• marchy
• mark
• marquis
• marquisate
• marquisdom
• marquise

Translations

title of nobility

• Arabic: مَرْكِيز m (markīz)
• Armenian: մարկիզ (hy) (markiz)
• Azerbaijani: markiz
• Belarusian: маркі́з m (markíz)
• Breton: markiz (br) m
• Bulgarian: марки́з m (markíz)
• Catalan: marquès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侯爵 (zh) (hóujué)

• Czech: markýz (cs) m
• Danish: markis c
• Dutch: markies (nl) m
• Esperanto: markizo
• Estonian: markii
• Faroese: markgreivi m
• Finnish: markiisi (fi)
• French: marquis (fr) m

  Middle French: marquis m, marchis m

• Georgian: მარკიზი (marḳizi)
• German: Marquis (de) m, Markgraf (de) m
• Greek: μαρκήσιος (el) m (markísios)
• Hungarian: márki (hu), őrgróf (hu)
• Icelandic: markgreifi m
• Indonesian: tumenggung (id)
• Irish: marcas (ga) m
• Italian: marchese (it) m, margravio (it) m
• Japanese: 侯爵 (ja) (こうしゃく, kōshaku)
• Khmer: ឧកញ៉ា (km) (okɲaa), ពញា (km) (pɲie)
• Korean: 후작(侯爵) (ko) (hujak)
• Latin: (Late) marchensis m, marchiō m, marchisus m
• Latvian: marķīzs m, markgrāfs m
• Lithuanian: markizas m
• Macedonian: марки́з m (markíz)
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᠣ (heo)
• Māori: mākuihi
• Middle English: marquis, markis
• Norman: martchis m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marki m

  Nynorsk: marki m

• Old English: eorl m
• Persian: مارکی (fa) (mârki)
• Polish: markiz (pl) m
• Portuguese: marquês (pt) m
• Romanian: marchiz (ro) m
• Russian: марки́з (ru) m (markíz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: маркиз m

  Latin: markiz (sh) m

• Slovak: markíz (sk) m
• Slovene: markiz (sl) m
• Spanish: marqués (es) m
• Swedish: markis (sv) c, markgreve c
• Tagalog: markes
• Thai: มาร์ควิส
• Turkish: marki (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ماركی (marki)

• Ukrainian: маркі́з m (markíz)
• Uzbek: markiz (uz)
• Vietnamese: hầu tước (vi) (侯爵)

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