Definitions for: Margrave


[n] a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
[n] the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany



Webster (1913) Definition: Mar"grave, n. [G. markgraf, prop., lord chief justice
of the march; mark bound, border, march + graf earl, count,
lord chief justice; cf. Goth. gagr["e]fts decree: cf. D.
markgraaf, F. margrave. See March border, and cf.
Landgrave, Graff.]
1. Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in
Germany.

2. The English equivalent of the German title of nobility,
markgraf; a marquis.

See Also: Lord, military governor, noble, nobleman

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