margrave

mar·grave

M0107000 (mär′grāv′)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 marcgrāve : marc, march, border; see merg- in Indo-European roots + grāve, count (perhaps ultimately from Greek grapheus, scribe; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots).]

---

mar·gra′vi·al (-grā′vē-əl) adj.

margrave

(ˈmɑːˌɡreɪv) n1. (Historical Terms) 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 century2. (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[C16: from Middle Dutch markgrave, literally: count of the march²]

mar•grave

(ˈmɑr greɪv)

n. 1. a hereditary German title equivalent to a British marquis. 2. (originally) a military governor of a German border province. [1545–55; < Middle Dutch =marke border + grave count] mar•gra′vi•al, adj.

Thesaurus

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 1990noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm

Translations

маркграф