margrave

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
  2. a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Margrave \Mar"grave\, n. [G. markgraf, prop., lord chief justice of the march; mark bound, border, march + graf earl, count, lord chief justice; cf. Goth. gagr["e]fts decree: cf. D. markgraaf, F. margrave. See March border, and cf. Landgrave, Graff.]

1.Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany. [1913 Webster]

2.The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis. [1913 Webster]

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