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Marquis is a French title of nobility. The English equivalent is Marquess, while in German, it is Markgraf.
It may also refer to:
Persons:
- André Marquis, Vichy French admiral responsible for the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942
- Don Marquis (1878-1937), writer, poet, and journalist
- Jason Marquis, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Richard Marquis (born 1945), American glass artist
- Marquis de Sade, a French aristocrat, author and namesake for the term Sadism
- Marquis Cor Von, a name briefly used by Monty Brown, a former football player/professional wrestler
Places:
- Marquis des Baux, a small village in southern France
- Marquis No. 191, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Canada
- Marquis, Saskatchewan, a Canadian village
Other uses:
- Marquis Miami, a skyscraper in Miami, Florida
- Marquis Who’s Who, a biographical publisher
- Marquis reagent, used as a simple spot-test to identify alkaloids
- Marquis Fraternity is a college mens' fraternity, primarily found in the Midwestern US, which eschews traditional "Greek" fraternity values, in favor of public service and promoting college spirit. Reportedly, it was one of the fraternities which served as an inspiration for P.J. O'Rourke's the "Tales of the Delphi Lodge" short stories, published in National Lampoon, which served as the basis for the Animal House movie.
- Marquis, a type of wheat developed for use in Canada
- Marquis (magazine), a fetish magazine
- BT Marquis, a telephone switchboard PBX
- Mercury Marquis and Mercury Grand Marquis, luxury cars
- Marquis (comics), a comic series published Oni Press and written by Guy Davis
- Marquis butterflies, species of the brush-footed butterfly genus Bassarona
- Marquis (film), a 1989 film.
- Marquis, 1995 champion quartet of the Barbershop Harmony Society SPEBSQSA
See also
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