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Noun: marquis  maa(r)-kwis
  1. Nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
    - marquess
Noun: Marquis  maa(r)-kwis
  1. Humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
    - Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis

Type of: humorist, humourist [Brit, Cdn], Lord, noble, nobleman

Encyclopedia: Marquis Marquis, Grenada Marquis, Saskatchewan

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