Marquis

Other forms: Marquises

Definitions of Marquis
  1. noun
    humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
    synonyms: Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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    example of:
    farceur, humorist, humourist
    someone who acts, speaks, or writes in an amusing way
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