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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Caution.—Words like margravine and landgravine prove nothing, being scarcely naturalised.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The noble Gotelind saw the host come gladly, as likewise his dear daughter did, the young margravine.
From The Nibelungenlied by Daniel Bussier Shumway
The margravine, we are afterward told, dies of grief at the news, as does old Queen Ute at her abbey of Lors.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence
The noble margravine with her fair daughter was come out before the castle.
From The Nibelungenlied by Daniel Bussier Shumway
Now God of heaven grant," spake Rudeger, "that the margravine may give you more!
From The Nibelungenlied by Daniel Bussier Shumway
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