marquess
nounUK /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/ · US /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/
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).
1
A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl (count).
2
Obsolete Synonym of marchioness, a female marquess.
- Anne Boleyn was created Marquess of Pembroke in 1532
- Derived terms
- marquessate
- Related terms
- march, marchioness, marchy, mark, marquis, marquisate, marquisdom, marquise