1. marquess(n = noun.person) marquis - nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count;
is a kind of lord, noble, nobleman
2. marquess(n = noun.person) - a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl;
is a kind of peer
A marquis. [1913 Webster]
marquess, n. a British nobleman ranking between a duke and an earl (cf. MARQUIS).
Derivative:
marquessate n.
Etymology:
var. of MARQUIS