margravine

American  

[mahr-gruh-veen] / ˈmɑr grəˌvin /

noun

1. the wife of a margrave.

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margravine British  

/ ˈmɑːɡrəˌviːn /

noun

1. the wife or widow of a margrave

2. a woman who holds the rank of margrave

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Etymology

Origin of margravine

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

Example Sentences

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 margravine gave me these ruddy arm rings, that I should wear them here at the feasting.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

Then great thanks were given to the young margravine by many a doughty knight in courteous wise.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

Then Kriemhild spied the margravine standing with her meiny.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

Soon the noble margravine / her high rejoicing showed, That all safe and sound he / from the Rhine was come again.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry