Word: marquisate
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Bobby, the only dog (bull) ever to ascend the Jungfrau (13,669 feet) performed that feat in 1911, encouraged by the whistles of his master and mistress, le marquis et la Marquise de Charette...
¶ Italian Consul Marquis di Muro was shot in the nose at the Nice consulate.
"In the current number of the Saturday Evening Post there is a story about, the 'Marquis of Benham' who has an unmarried sister by the name of 'Lady Stanwick' and a daughter entitled 'the Honourable Alicia.' . . .
"If Lady Stanwick had been a peeress in her own right, which is possible, she could not have had a brother. If her brother is a marquis, though, she cannot be Lady Stanwick. She would be Lady Mary Benham (if that is supposed to be the family name). And the...
Bitterly Duke and Count complained that their honor had been sullied by the Marquis. What did he mean, they asked in effect, by breaking off his engagement with the Senorita Mercedes de Castellanos (TIME, June 18) and giving as his reason her "imprudent and inexplicable" conduct in appearing on the...