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Definition of: marquis
(mär′kwis, Fr. már·kē′) noun
The title of a nobleman next in rank below a duke. Also, Brit., marquess. [<OF marchis, marquis <Med. L marchensis a commander of the marches <marca a march2 <Gmc.]
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