marquis: [14] Etymologically, a marquis is a lord of the ‘marches’ or borderlands. The word comes from Old French marquis, an alteration of an earlier marchis. This was a derivative of medieval Latin marca ‘border, frontier’, source of archaic English march ‘border’. The feminine form marchioness [16] comes from medieval Latin marchionissa, a derivative of marchiō ‘lord of the marches’, which likewise was based on marca.
The French feminine form of marquis is marquise. This was borrowed into English in the 17th century and used for a ‘large tent’. It soon came to be misanalysed as a plural form, and so a new ‘singular’, marquee, was born. => march, mark, marquee
marquis (n.)
also marquess, c. 1300, title of nobility, from Old French marchis, literally "ruler of a border area," from Old French marche "frontier," from Medieval Latin marca "frontier, frontier territory" (see march (n.1)). Originally the ruler of border territories in various European regions (such as Italian marchese, Spanish marqués); later a mere title of rank, below duke and above count. Related: Marquisate.
双语例句
1. That might not be so long as the Marquis supposed.
房顶未必能如侯爵设想的那么长久地遮挡住天空.
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2. 'You have been a long time coming ,'said the Marquis, with a smile.
“ 花了重多时间哩, ”侯爵微笑说.
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3. 'You are a philosopher, you there,'said the Marquis, smiling.
“ 你倒是个哲学家, 你, ” 侯爵微笑说.
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4. 'I am cool now,'said Monsieur the Marquis,'and may go to bed.'
“ 现在凉快了, ”侯爵大人说, “ 可以睡觉了.”
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5. That was done too, and the Marquis went on with his supper.