marquis

Example Sentences

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Hilton agrees to concede defeat when Villaraigosa promises to make him the marquis of Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

A 2005 biography of Bradford suggested she was indeed descended from lofty stock by way of her mother, who was, it said, the illegitimate daughter of a marquis.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Daly presented her with a five-carat marquis diamond ring.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 20, 2020

Wright made her second trip to America in 1824, when she traveled with the marquis de Lafayette during his farewell tour of the United States.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The marquis was 19 when he left France and reported to General Washington in Philadelphia in 1777.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen