- An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep
cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to
impound animals found running at large.
- European nobleman - 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.