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marquess

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for marquess.

Editorial note

As for Heartbleed, 'the mystery is not that a few overworked volunteers missed this bug', Marquess wrote.

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Quick take

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of marquess gathered in one view.

noun

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for marquess.

noun

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

Example sentences

1

As for Heartbleed, 'the mystery is not that a few overworked volunteers missed this bug', Marquess wrote.

2

Or the one of George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, if you really want to look at bizarres.

3

We aren't currently engaged in some kind of gentleman's war, playing by Marquess of Queensberry rules.

4

However, the US isn't fighting against opponents who are playing by Marquess of Queensberry Rules.

5

Because settling legal disputes with Marquess of Queensbury rules is indeed 19th century bonkers.

6

What other people have said in comments is completely right: OpenSSL, or maybe just this Steve Marquess guy, is missing the forest for the trees.

7

It's like watching Ulysses stick to the Marquess of Queensberry rules.

8

Kind of like Marquess Brownlee reviewing tech phones, recommending a ton of them, being asked constantly which one of them he uses, saying it's one of the phones he recommended.

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I'm not aware of any ownership in fee simple in the US or Canada; it's usually the sort of thing that a Marquess or Duke has in a feudal sort of arrangement (you own the land outright rather than merely at the pleasure of the sovereign, be that a monarch or The People writ large, but you're required to defend it in turn).

Quote examples

1

Changing it to "Steve Marquess and Stephen Henson of OpenSSL" doesn't really get that point across, since it doesn't make clear that Marquess and Henson essentially are OpenSSL.

2

It's for people ("today's lucky 10,000") who might have heard of "Queensbury rules" as a general term for fair play but didn't know about boxing or what a Marquess is or about the connection with Oscar Wilde.

3

"Marquess, a consultant for the Department of Defense" Maybe I haven't been following this close enough but has anyone questioned whether or not it is perhaps a conflict of interest to be a consultant for the "Department of Defense" while also being a principal contributor to a project like OpenSSL?

Proper noun examples

1

Steve Marquess, the originator of that post on nabble, is the main point of contact for OpenSSL commercial contracting.

2

It looks like most of the OpenSSL team[1] is outside the US, except Marquess, the businessman.

3

Peers are people who hold titles from this set of descending order of importance - Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron (and feminine equivalents).

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use marquess in a sentence?

As for Heartbleed, 'the mystery is not that a few overworked volunteers missed this bug', Marquess wrote.

What does marquess mean?

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

What part of speech is marquess?

marquess is commonly used as noun.