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单词 margravine
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margravinen.

Brit. /ˈmɑːɡrəviːn/, U.S. /ˈmɑrɡrəˌvin/
Forms: 1600s margravinne, 1700s– margravine.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: margrave n., -ine suffix3.
Etymology: < margrave n. + -ine suffix3, after German Markgräfin or Dutch markgravin. Compare French margravine (1717). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mā·ɹgrĕvin) /ˈmɑːɡrəvɪn/.
Now chiefly historical.
The wife of a margrave; a woman with the rank and office of a margrave.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > margrave > wife of
margravine1692
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > landgrave, margrave, or wildgrave > wife of
landgravine1682
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landgravess1762
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1692 London Gaz. No. 2738/3 There is a Discourse of a Marriage being proposed between his Electoral Highness and the Margravinne of Anspach.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxiii. 202 He placed the margravine of Bareith at his right hand.
1826 E. Craven (title) Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach. Written by herself.
1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk I. 154 The vivacious Margravine..excelling and outfooting many a youthful dame.
1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond II. iv. 52 The Margravine groaned impatiently at talk of such a dieaway sort.
1905 E. E. Cuthell (title) Wilhelmina, Margravine of Baireuth.
1950 S. J. Perelman Swiss Family Perelman iv. 57 ‘I refuse to taste another spoonful of that excelsior!’ announced the margravine in a ringing voice.
1997 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 4/8 Cousins [of Prince Philip] include the Margrave and Margravine of Baden..and the Landgrave of Hesse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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