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margrave


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  The  English  equivalent  of  the  German  title  of  nobility, 
  markgraf  a  marquis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  margrave 
  n  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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