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marche
Old French · medieval
"a border region"
a border region, from Frankish markon, a boundary
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marchis
Old French · medieval
"a lord of a border territory"
settled in French for a nobleman who governed a border territory
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marquis
English · 1300s
"a nobleman ranking between duke and count"
adopted as the English title for a nobleman ranking between duke and count
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