marquis

Significado (Inglés)

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).

Conceptos

marqués

marquesa

Sinónimos

marquess

lord

marquise

awning

sunblind

daimyo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɑː.kwɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary”).
Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).