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  • English Word Marque Definition A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
  • English Word Marquee Definition A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
  • English Word Marquess Definition A marquis.
  • English Word Marquetry Definition Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.
  • English Word Marquis Definition A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
  • English Word Marquisate Definition The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
  • English Word Marquisdom Definition A marquisate.
  • English Word Marquise Definition The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
  • English Word Marquisship Definition A marquisate.
  • English Word Marram Definition A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.
  • English Word Marred Definition of Mar
  • English Word Marrer Definition One who mars or injures.
  • English Word Marriable Definition Marriageable.
  • English Word Marriage Definition The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.
  • English Word Marriage Definition The marriage vow or contract.
  • English Word Marriage Definition A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
  • English Word Marriage Definition Any intimate or close union.
  • English Word Marriageability Definition The quality or state of being marriageable.
  • English Word Marriageable Definition Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
  • English Word Married Definition of Marry
  • English Word Marrier Definition One who marries.
  • English Word Marring Definition of Mar
  • English Word Marron Definition A large chestnut.
  • English Word Marron Definition A chestnut color; maroon.
  • English Word Marron Definition A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.
  • English Word Marroon Definition Same as 1st Maroon.
  • English Word Marrot Definition The razor-billed auk. See Auk.
  • English Word Marrot Definition The common guillemot.
  • English Word Marrot Definition The puffin.
  • English Word Marrow Definition The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.