Meanings
plural marquesses · alternative marquis · alternative obsolete marquesse
- obsoleteSynonym of marchioness, a female marquess.
Anne Boleyn was created Marquess of Pembroke in 1532
Synonyms: marquise, marchioness, marchioness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl (count).
nounSynonym of marchioness, a female marquess.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
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).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَرْكِيز
- مَرْكِيز (markīz)title of nobility
Bulgarian марки́з
- марки́з (markíz)title of nobility
Catalan marquès
- marquèstitle of nobility
Chinese Mandarin 侯爵
- 侯爵 (hóujué)title of nobility
Czech markýz
- markýztitle of nobility
Danish markis
- markistitle of nobility
Dutch markies
- markiestitle of nobility
Esperanto markizo
- markizotitle of nobility
Estonian markii
- markiititle of nobility
Finnish markiisi
- markiisititle of nobility
French marquis
- marquistitle of nobility
German Marquis, Markgraf
- Marquistitle of nobility
- Markgraftitle of nobility
Greek μαρκήσιος
- μαρκήσιος (markísios)title of nobility
Hungarian márki, őrgróf
- márkititle of nobility
- őrgróftitle of nobility
Icelandic markgreifi
- markgreifititle of nobility
Indonesian tumenggung
- tumenggungtitle of nobility
Irish marcas
- marcastitle of nobility
Italian marchese, margravio
- marchesetitle of nobility
- margraviotitle of nobility
Japanese 侯爵
- 侯爵 (kōshaku)title of nobility
Korean 후작
- 후작 (hujak)title of nobility
Latin marchensis, marchiō
- marchensistitle of nobility
- marchiōtitle of nobility
- marchisustitle of nobility
Latvian marķīzs, markgrāfs
- marķīzstitle of nobility
- markgrāfstitle of nobility
Lithuanian markizas
- markizastitle of nobility
Māori mākuihi
- mākuihititle of nobility
Norwegian Bokmål marki
- markititle of nobility
Persian مارکی
- مارکی (mârki)title of nobility
Polish markiz
- markiztitle of nobility
Portuguese marquês
- marquêstitle of nobility
Romanian marchiz
- marchiztitle of nobility
Russian марки́з
- марки́з (markíz)title of nobility
Slovak markíz
- markíztitle of nobility
Spanish marqués
- marquéstitle of nobility
Swedish markis, markgreve
- markistitle of nobility
- markgrevetitle of nobility
Tagalog markes
- markestitle of nobility
Thai มาร์ควิส
- มาร์ควิสtitle of nobility
Turkish marki
- markititle of nobility
Ukrainian маркі́з
- маркі́з (markíz)title of nobility
Vietnamese hầu tước
- hầu tướctitle of nobility
Cite this entry
marquess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marquess
“marquess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marquess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marquess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marquess.
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