marques
Prestigious car brands
Marques is the plural of marque, a brand or make of product, especially automobiles: The dealership carries several European marques.
The word is formal and slightly old-fashioned, more common in British English.
A letter of marque was a government license authorizing a private vessel to attack enemy ships—the basis for legal piracy.
System of noble ranks
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- earlBritish hereditary noble rank
- viscountMid-ranking British noble
- baronLow-ranking peer
lordship · nobility · title · rank · aristocrat · landed · estate · lineage
Hereditary symbolic emblem
- crestHighest point or tuft
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- coronetSmall noble's circlet
- mantlingHeraldic helmet drapery
supporters · motto · armorial · tincture · charge · field · quartering · blazon
Notable and respected
- eliteSuperior select group
- statusOne's relative position
- renownWidespread acclaim and recognition
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
lineage · pedigree · heritage · dynasty · aristocratic · noble house · landed gentry · old money
Iberian Peninsula republic
peerage
System of noble ranks
baron · lordship · nobility · title · rank · aristocrat · landed · estate · lineage · succession
coat of arms
Hereditary symbolic emblem
- crestHighest point or tuft
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- coronetSmall noble's circlet
mantling · supporters · motto · armorial · tincture · charge · field · quartering · blazon · achievement
distinguished
Notable and respected
eminence · lineage · pedigree · heritage · dynasty · aristocratic · noble house · landed gentry · old money · blue blood
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula republic
hidalgo
Lower Spanish nobility member
marquesgenerics
Unbranded equivalent products
no-name brands · store brands · off-brand · knockoffs · house brands
- theater marqueeLighted venue entrance sign
- marquee lightsIlluminated sign border lights
- Marquis de SadeWriter whose name became perversion
- letter of marqueAuthorization for private warship
- marquee playerTeam's featured athlete
- marquee nameFamous person who attracts
marquess, marquee, marquis, marque, marquees, marquises, marquesses