margravine
Americannoun
noun
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the wife or widow of a margrave
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a woman who holds the rank of margrave
Etymology
Origin of margravine
1685–95; < Middle Dutch marcgravinne, equivalent to marcgrave margrave + -inne feminine noun suffix; compare German Markgräfin
Example Sentences
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Some think it is an old margravine from the end of the 15th century, others are of the opinion that it is the Countess of Orlamunde.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
It was probably about this time that he was invested with the margraviate of Tuscany and the lands of Matilda, the late margravine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Dietelint, the young margravine, is taken under Dietrich’s protection, who promises to find her a husband.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
The young margravine exclaims that there must be ill news, that evil has befallen them, and that the guests and her father must be dead.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
"The duchess, I think, was daughter of the margravine."
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James
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