mar·grave (mär gr v )n. 1. The lord or military governor of a medieval German border province. 2. Used as a hereditary title for certain princes in the Holy Roman Empire. [Probably Middle Dutch marcgr ve : marc, march, border; see merg- in Indo-European roots + grve, count (perhaps ultimately from Greek grapheus, scribe; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots).]mar·gra vi·al (-grv - l) adj. |
margrave [ˈmɑːˌgreɪv]
n
(Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a German nobleman ranking above a count. Margraves were originally counts appointed to govern frontier provinces, but all had become princes of the Holy Roman Empire by the 12th century
[from Middle Dutch markgrave, literally: count of the march2]
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| Noun | 1. |  margrave - the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germanymilitary governor - the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country) |
| 2. | margrave - a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 |
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