English-Spanish translations for marquis

• marqués
  Personalmente, no considero que las historias del Marqués de Sade sean edificantes, pero tampoco es mi intención prohibirlas a través de este informe. 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