English-Finnish translations for marquis

• markiisi
  En pidä markiisi de Saden tarinoita mieltä ylentävinä, mutta en halua myöskään kieltää niitä oikeudellisesti tämän mietinnön myötä. The accounts of the Marquis de Sade do not strike me as particularly uplifting, but I do not want to impose a legal ban on them via this report either.

Definition of marquis

• 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

Related words

• marquise
• marquisate
• marquise cut
• marquise cut stone