m 3 a 1 r 1 q 10 u 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
8 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count
noun a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
originSee marquis for etymology. Note also that marquess is very unusual in the English language in that it ends in -ess but is a masculine term. The title is granted only to males (the female equivalent is marchioness).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- marques 18
- masquer 18
- masques 18
- marque 17
- masque 17
- squame 17
- squares 16
- square 15
- quare 14
- quass 14
- suqs 13
- qua 12