Marquis
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Marquis has many different meanings:
- The French spelling of the title known in English as Marquess. Also a variant spelling in English of the same.
- Don Marquis was a writer, poet, and journalist.
- Marquis Who’s Who is a biographical publisher.
- Marquis des Baux is a small village in southern France.
- Marquis reagent is used as a simple spot-test to identify alkaloids.
- Marquis is a type of wheat developed for use in Canada. It grows and ripens 200 miles farther north in Canada than other kinds of wheat.
- Marquis is the title of a fetish magazine.
- BT Marquis is a telephone switchboard PBX.
- The Marquis is a luxury sedan sold by Mercury.
- The following people are best known by this spelling of their title:
- *Marquis de Sade
- *Marquis of Pombal
- *Marquis de Condorcet
- *Marquis de la Fayette
- *Marquis de Custine
- *Marquis de Carabas
- *Marquis de Louvois
- *Marquis of Beixiang of Han China
- *Marquis de Laplace Pierre Simon
- *Marquis de Montcalm
- *Marquis of Granby
- *Marquis de Fremeur
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