单词 | margrave |
释义 | margraven. Now chiefly historical. A military governor of a medieval German border province. Also: the chief magistrate of any of certain cities in the Low Countries, near the borders of the Holy Roman Empire; the hereditary ruler of any of certain principalities within, and in several cases near the borders of, the Holy Roman Empire.Increasingly in the Middle Ages, the title of margrave began to be adopted by military governors of German territories which were not border provinces. The title also became hereditary in many cases. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > margrave margrave1551 Earl Marcher1630 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > landgrave, margrave, or wildgrave landgravea1513 margrave1551 Earl Marcher1630 wildgrave1798 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Biv The chiefe and the head of them was the Marcgraue (as they cal him) of Bruges [L. praefectus Brugensis]. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 84 All such Rulers of townes or Countries as are nere the sea, are called Mergraue, as at this day in Andwarpe. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1835/2 Christofor Prince and Margraue of Baden. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 236 The Margraue (or Marquis) of Brandeburg is..the last of the Electors, but more powerfull then any of them in the number of Vassals. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3130/2 The Margrave of Bareith is still at Amsterdam. 1769 I. Bickerstaff & S. Foote Dr. Last ii. xii. 41 I..have the honour of being physician in ordinary to one emperor, four kings, three electors, and I don't know how many prince palantines, margraves, bishops, and vulgar highnesses. 1790 J. Wolcot Advice to Future Laureat in Wks. (1812) II. 335 Emperors, Electors, dead to hospitality, Margraves and miserable Dukes. 1826 E. Craven Mem. Margravine of Anspach i. v. 190 The Margrave had at his table good cream, and Stilton, or Berkeley hundred, made under my direction. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vii. 560 John Van Immerzeel, Margrave of Antwerp. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxv. 213 There never was a true story which could not be told in parables where you might put a monkey for a margrave, and vice versa. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 494/1 In 1128 his brother-in-law, Henry II., margrave of the Saxon north mark, died. 1970 R. Barber Knight & Chivalry (1974) i. i. 22 To the antrustiones were given the great positions of state, as..duke..or margrave with more specifically military duties. 1994 Q Aug. 138/3 Bach personalised the concertos in such a way that the Margrave, a musically literate aristocrat, would have been able to..understand the musical symbolism from studying the score alone. Derivatives ˈmargravely adj. rare befitting a margrave. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [adjective] > relating to a margrave margravial1762 margravely1865 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to margrave margravial1762 margravely1865 1865 J. Skelton Campaigner at Home vii. 136 Many royal, margravely, princely crimes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551 |
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