marquess

noun

1. （英国）侯爵
   (in Britain) a nobleman of high rank between an earl and a duke
   1. the Marquess of Bath
      巴斯侯爵

1. It was all so gentlemanly really, as if competition was governed, like boxing, by a code of generally accepted Marquess of Queensberry rules.
   看似颇有君子之风，就好像大家都在监督之下公平竞争，就像拳击赛一样，人人都要按规则出招。
2. The rules that govern boxing were introduced by the Marquess of Queensberry in1867.
   现行的拳击规则是昆斯伯里侯爵于1867年提出的。
3. A Chateau built by a French marquess in the seventeenth century.
   一位法国侯爵于17世纪建造的城堡。
4. He was conferred marquess by the king.
   他被国王册封为侯爵。
5. The third estate of the realm: the nobility ( especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron.
   社会的第二等级；公爵、侯爵、伯爵、子爵、男爵等级的贵族（尤指英国贵族）。
6. A German nobleman ranking above a count ( corresponding in rank to a British marquess).
   德国高于伯爵等级（相当于英国侯爵等级）的贵族。

noun

1. a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl

2. nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count

   Synonym:    marquis