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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Little it irked the noble margravine that he was come so well and sound from the Rhine.
From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier
Bearing thus fair greeting / the messengers thence did fare, And prayed the noble margravine / that God would have them in his care.
From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry
When they heard the speech that the envoys would ride, the margravine begged God in heaven to keep them well.
From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier
The margravine conjures them by their troth to tell how they parted from her husband, saying that the lie must have an end.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
Ah! might it please th' Almighty," Sir Rudeger replied, "That the margravine hereafter should give you more beside!
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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