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marquisdom

noun

Etymology

From marquis + -dom.

  1. derived from *mórǵs✻
  2. derived from *markō✻
  3. derived from *marku✻
  4. derived from marcha
  5. derived from marchensis
  6. derived from markis
  7. inherited from markis
  8. suffixed as marquisdom — “marquis + dom”

Definitions

  1. A marquisate.

    • The children spent more time in their imaginary “kingdoms, empires, domains, dukedoms, and marquisdoms … and—oh yes! Duchessdoms,” and talked for hours about what to name their castles and realms.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA