Get to know Marquis better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like humorist or marquess.
Marquis meaning
- 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.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
Using Marquis
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
- Useful related words include: don marquis, humorist, humourist, marquess.
- In the example corpus, marquis often appears in combinations such as: the marquis, marquis de, marquis who's.
Context around Marquis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Marquis
- In this selection, "marquis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nelson, marriott, inspected, lifetime, theatre and hotel stand out and add context to how "marquis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include albert nelson marquis lifetime achievement and and the marquis who s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "marquis" sits close to words such as accorded, akpabio and amending, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with marquis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chris Marquis says Xi Jinping is creating a culture of fear in China that will stifle innovation. (17 words)
In 1598, the Marquis de La Roche was awarded a fur trading monopoly in the New World by the King of France. (22 words)
Doctor Doom stated, as he killed the Marquis, he had rebuilt every molecule of his being and increased his power all to destroy the Marquis. (25 words)
In addition, Charles Darnay suspected that his uncle, a marquis, would have used a lettre de cachet to put Darnay himself into prison if it weren't for the fact that the Marquis had fallen out of favour with the royal court. (42 words)
Gillian Anderson steals many a scene as Mrs. Marquis, and Lucy Boynton (“Chevalier”) is alluring and mysterious as the woman who steals Poe’s heart, and whose name sounds just enough like “Lenore” that it’s probably-almost-definitely not a coincidence. (42 words)
Though Caine ultimately wins the duel, John tricks the Marquis de Gramont to walking into his path to finish him off, with the Marquis not realizing until it is too late that John still has one more round. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Marquis Theatre, which opened in 1986, is a Broadway theater on the third floor of the New York Marriott Marquis hotel in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Though Caine ultimately wins the duel, John tricks the Marquis de Gramont to walking into his path to finish him off, with the Marquis not realizing until it is too late that John still has one more round.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Eunice Dunalee Bronkar has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Kathryn G. Froiland has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Ms. Hughes has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Virginia A. Munson has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Watson has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Mr. Beck has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Mr. Tragen has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Mr. Trageser has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
Doctor Doom stated, as he killed the Marquis, he had rebuilt every molecule of his being and increased his power all to destroy the Marquis.
In addition, Charles Darnay suspected that his uncle, a marquis, would have used a lettre de cachet to put Darnay himself into prison if it weren't for the fact that the Marquis had fallen out of favour with the royal court.
The Marquis de Sade used a Gothic framework for some of his fiction, notably The Misfortunes of Virtue and Eugenie de Franval, though the Marquis himself never thought of his work as such.
This was mirrored later in the novel with Adeline hiding from the Marquis de Montalt and the secrets of the Marquis, which would eventually lead to his downfall and Adeline's salvation.
Amanda Lyndon, CQC head of hospital inspection for adult social care, said: “When we inspected Marquis Court (Tudor House) care home, we found widespread and significant shortfalls within leadership which was impacting on people’s care.
Chris Marquis says Xi Jinping is creating a culture of fear in China that will stifle innovation.
Don’t miss out on this epic cricket, and in fact all sporting action, and get your front-row seats at Bridgewater Tavern and Café Artois at JW Marriott Marquis.
Gillian Anderson steals many a scene as Mrs. Marquis, and Lucy Boynton (“Chevalier”) is alluring and mysterious as the woman who steals Poe’s heart, and whose name sounds just enough like “Lenore” that it’s probably-almost-definitely not a coincidence.
In 1598, the Marquis de La Roche was awarded a fur trading monopoly in the New World by the King of France.
Common combinations with marquis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the marquis 63×
- marquis de 37×
- marquis who's 18×
- nelson marquis 15×
- marquis lifetime 15×
- marquis of 15×
- marriott marquis 6×
- -- marquis 6×
- john marquis 6×
- marquis and 5×