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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•grave (mär′grāv),USA pronunciation n. - World History(formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
- World History[Hist.]a hereditary German title, equivalent to marquis.
- World History(originally) a military governor of a German mark, or border province.
- Middle Dutch, equivalent. to marke border (cognate with march2) + grave count (cognate with reeve1); compare German Markgraf
- earlier marcgrave 1545–55
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