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The office or rank of a major.

The military rank of a major.

The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China. S. W. Williams.

The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.

A military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.]

Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station. In the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the Senate. Shak.

A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [Written also markee.]

A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. 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 patent.

An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically:

cheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. Marshaling of assets (Law), the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration.

of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

h another; an equal; a mate. Government . . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects. Addison.

An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.

Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay.

ler German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.

An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds.

A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.

Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France. -- n.

with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. They drank, and were merry with him. Gen. xliii. 34. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Shak.

A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.