1) Hereditary German title 2) Medieval lord 3) Military governor
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Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defense of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Empire, and the title came to be borne by rulers of some Imperial principalities until the abolition of the...
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• (n.) Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany. • (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.
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German title (equivalent of marquess) for the `counts of the march`, who guarded the frontier regions of the Holy Roman Empire from Charlemagne's time. Later the title was used by other...
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1. Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany. ... 2. The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis. ... Origin: G. Markgraf, prop, lord chief justice of the march; mark bound, border, march + graf earl, count, lord chief justice; cf. Goth. Gagrefts decree: cf. D. Markgraaf, F. Margrave. See Marc...
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Mar'grave noun [ German
markgraf , prop., lord chief justice of the march;
mark bound, border, march +
graf earl, count, lord chief justice; confer Goth.
gagrëfts decree: confer Dutch
markgraaf , French
margrave . See
March border, and confer
Land...
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Margrave is a German title (equivalent of marquess) for the 'counts of the March' who guarded the frontier of the empire from Charlemagne's time. Later the title was borne by other territorial princes.
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[n] - the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany 2. [n] - a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
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noun a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
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German title (equivalent of marquess) for the `counts of the march`, who guarded the frontier regions of the Holy Roman Empire from Charlemagne's time. Later the title was used by other territorial princes. Chief among these were the margraves of Austria and of Brandenburg
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