How to say "marquis" in Japanese

• 侯こうCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Names the rank itself, the second highest of the five ranks of nobility. A historical term, it appears in accounts of the peerage hierarchy; for the title of marquis, use 侯爵.
• 侯爵こうしゃくCommon
  nounThe word for the noble title of marquis (marquess) and for someone who holds it. For general reference to a marquis, use this rather than the historical 侯.

Use 侯爵 for the title or rank of marquis in general; 侯 is the historical single-character name for that rank as the second highest of the five ranks of nobility.

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• 侯こうmarquis
• 侯爵こうしゃくmarquis
• 辺境伯へんきょうはくmarquis