margrave
(formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
History/Historical. a hereditary German title, equivalent to marquis.
(originally) a military governor of a German mark, or border province.
Origin of margrave
1Other words from margrave
- mar·gra·vi·al, adjective
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How to use margrave in a sentence
He is referred to by the historian Widukind as a preses, and is sometimes called the “great margrave.”
In Paris, the margrave favoured her with so little of his company that she felt constrained to inquire the reason.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel WilliamsThe margrave made considerable Augmentations to this House, and render'd it very commodious.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzThe margrave's Palace is a great old Pile, but not very commodious, and meanly furnish'd.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzThese, when the margrave goes abroad, attend him on horseback, dress'd like Hussurs.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
British Dictionary definitions for margrave
/ (ˈmɑːˌɡreɪv) /
a German nobleman ranking above a count. Margraves were originally counts appointed to govern frontier provinces, but all had become princes of the Holy Roman Empire by the 12th century
Origin of margrave
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