burgrave
Americannoun
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the appointed head of a fortress.
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the hereditary governor of a castle or town.
noun
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the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries
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a nobleman ruling a German town or castle by hereditary right
Etymology
Origin of burgrave
1540–50; < German Burggraf, equivalent to Burg castle, town + Graf count
Example Sentences
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The prince went first to Antwerp, where, as we have seen, he held the office of burgrave.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
On his brother’s death in 1420 he reunited the lands of his branch of the family, but in 1427 he sold his rights as burgrave to the town of Nuremberg.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
The burgrave referred to the eyes of his parents, who did not like the Countess of Orlamunde, and he wished to make them responsible for his refusal, so as not to offend the beautiful widow.
From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
And in this fort, on piles of lava built, A burgrave dwells, among all burgraves famed?
From Poems by Hugo, Victor
The Franconian branch of the Hohenzollerns was represented in 1227 by Conrad, burgrave of Nuremberg, whom the emperor Frederick II. appointed guardian of his son Henry, and administrator of Austria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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