请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 margrave
释义

margraven.

Brit. /ˈmɑːɡreɪv/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌɡreɪv/
Forms: 1500s mergraue, 1500s marcgraue, 1500s–1600s margraue, 1500s–1700s marcgrave, 1500s–1800s markgrave, 1600s– margrave, 1800s markgraf, 1800s margraf.
Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch marcgrāve.
Etymology: < Middle Dutch marcgrāve (1290, although compare quot. ?c1136; Dutch markgraaf ), cognate with Middle Low German markgrēve , Old High German marcgrāvo (Middle High German marcgrāve , margrāve , German Markgraf ), lit. ‘count of a mark or border territory’ < the Germanic base of mark n.1 + the Germanic base of grave n.4 Compare post-classical Latin marcgravius, margravius (late 12th cent.) < a Germanic language; Middle French marckgrave (1495), marcgrave (1575; French margrave) < Middle Dutch.The title was earlier rendered in Latin by marchio marchion n.; in French and English formerly sometimes by marquis (see marquis n.1 1). In form mergraue in quot. 1569 at main sense probably after a Middle Dutch variant: compare Meregravenlyd (now Markgravenlei) as a 16th-cent. street name in Antwerp.?c1136 Leges Edwardi Confessoris xxxii. §2 in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 654 Frisones etiam et Flandrenses comites suos maregraue [v.rr. mergraue, maragreues, maregreue, menggraue], quasi maiores uel bonos pacificos, uocant.
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
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 2:50:33