margravine

[ mahr-gruh-veen ]

/ ˈmɑr grəˌvin /

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noun

the wife of a margrave.

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Origin of margravine

1685–95; <Middle Dutch marcgravinne, equivalent to marcgravemargrave + -inne feminine noun suffix; compare German Markgräfin

Words nearby margravine

margin plank, margosa, Margot, margravate, margrave, margravine, Margrethe II, marguerite, Margulies, mar-hawk, Marheshvan

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How to use margravine in a sentence

The Margravine survived her husband more than twenty years, and died, at Naples, in 1828.
Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
The Margravine commonly dines in private, and we who are of her Court don't see her but at Mass.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
The Margravine-Dowager especially assur'd me that she would continue that Protection with which she had always honor'd me.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
After his decease, the margravine, who succeeded to the large property which he left, felt impatient to recommence her wanderings.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851|Various

Fischer brought him Memoirs of the Margravine of Bayreuth, always a favorite.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for margravine

margravine

/ (ˈmɑːɡrəˌviːn) /

noun

the wife or widow of a margrave

a woman who holds the rank of margrave

Word Origin for margravine

C17: from Middle Dutch, feminine of margrave

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