marquis

• Though Viscount de Beauharnais had espoused the popular cause in the desperate struggle of the French Revolution, the marquis was an undisguised "aristocrat." —  Hortense Makers of History Series
• "The information had doubtless continued had not a fellow in a blue livery alarmed the rest with the news that Sir Edward and the marquis were at fisticuffs about a game at chuck, and that the brigadier had challenged the major-general to a bout at cudgels Sidenote: 1714--Principal towns It is only fair, after enumerating so many of the eccentricities and discomforts of early Georgian London, to mention one proof of civilization of which Londoners were able to boast. —  A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)
• All he knew was that she was staying at the Chace, and that the marquis was away, seeing to the renovation of his house It was not until Rupert returned that he obtained the clue to this little mystery. —  The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
• Mirabeau's gesture, in fact his entire presence, is superb, but the marquis is as fine in his way as the tribune in his. —  French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
• Begone The Swiss clock on the mantel had chimed the first quarter after eight ere the marquis was again disturbed. —  The Grey Cloak

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