marquis

Meanings

1. 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.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).

1. A surname from French.
2. A place name:
3. A town in Grenada, West Indies.
4. A new neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
5. A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191.
6. A village within the Saskatchewan municipality.

Etymology

From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).