marquis

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noun

Plural noun:

marquisesmarquismarquissesmarquessmarquesse

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 letters patent or letters close.
2.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).

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From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from marchensis, from Old High German marcha and *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (edge, boundary).