marquand

1. 1.

   United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)

   SynonymsJohn MarquandJohn Philip Marquand

   Broaderwriter

Other forms of marquand

plural

marquands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about marquand

What does marquand mean?

marquand means "United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)".

How many syllables are in marquand?

marquand has 2 syllables: marq-uand. The stress falls on "marq". In IPA it is /ˈmɑɹkwənd/.

What is another word for marquand?

Close synonyms include John Marquand, John Philip Marquand. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marquand a common word?

marquand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.