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Use "marquises" in a sentence
"They were called "marquises," while the great ladies called themselves familiarly "cochonnettes.""
"The “lords from France and Paris, laymen and clergy, princes and marquises all agreed” that the citizenry of the towns that did not surrender would be “slaughtered wholesale.”"
"Art, silver, porcelain, furniture, carpets and textiles from his home in the old palace of the marquises of Villafranca and from his country house in Trujillo, two hours' drive away, will be offered in a two-day auction in London on Wednesday and Thursday."