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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago

You say that as if any of us know what a marquis is.

[-] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 38 points 2 years ago

It's a member of the 24th-century paramilitary organization-terrorist group of the same name of course! Notable members will include Laren, Torres, Chakotay, and even one of the Riker twins.

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I stopped actually reading your post when I realized I just wanted to make the Star Trek joke but then I realized I was actually in fact reading the Star Trek joke.

[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

I just watched a YouTube video today about Ben Sisko and his fighting the Marquis and how my current views have made me dislike him and his actions. He had overtaken Picard as my favorite but I think I'm back to Picard being my number one favorite captain.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Sisko is the only one who ever just punched Q in the face.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Quite a rude thing to do to the man who just saved the Federation, don't you think?

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

They're all suspiciously good looking, that is how you know they're secret rebels for a lost cause.

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

I think it's that thing on a movie theater

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

No, it's a tent you set up in field to hold wedding receptions under.

[-] neo@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago

From Wikipedia:

A marquess (UK: /ˈmɑː(r)kwɪs/;[1] French: marquis [maʁki])[2][a] is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan.

In Great Britain and historically in Ireland, a marquess ranks below a duke and above an earl. A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness /ˌmɑːrʃəˈnɛs/.[3] The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I only know because of Final Fantasy Tactics.

So I know they're vampires already.

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A ~~buick~~*

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[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

It's the masc of marchioness, keep up

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's a fairly common title, so you should know what it is if you were born West of Turkey.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, you see I was born east of Turkey where titles mean nothing despite being part of the Commonwealth.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My condolences and congratulations on not being born in the US.

[-] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Bud, the US literally outlawed aristocratic titles. And good riddance to them. The only time a US citizen sees a word like 'marquis' is in a world history class in college.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Which shows how poor your public education is. The monarchy was disbanded in Brazil in the year 1889; We still learn about it in grade school history.

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