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Margrave

//ˈmɑɹɡɹeɪv// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area. historical

    "1973: Among pulverised heads of stone margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow"

  2. 2
    a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) wordnet
  3. 3
    A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess. historical

    "The Margrave of Bruges was their head."

  4. 4
    the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany wordnet

Etymology

From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at mark, graft. Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.

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