count vs marquis

count

noun
  • A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons. 

  • The act of counting or tallying a quantity. 

  • A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding. 

  • The male ruler of a county. 

  • A countdown. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts. 

  • The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. 

  • The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance. 

adj
  • Countable. 

verb
  • To reckon in, to include in consideration. 

  • To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun. 

  • To be of significance; to matter. 

  • To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as. 

  • To recite numbers in sequence. 

  • To determine the number of (objects in a group). 

  • To amount to, to number in total. 

marquis

noun
  • A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. 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 letters patent or letters close. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia). 

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