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Marquess

A marquis.

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Lord 76% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

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Noble 76% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Nobleman 76% connected

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

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Peer 76% connected

To come in sight; to appear.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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Marquis 92% connected

A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the mar…

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