margrave
A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire…A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
Markgraf
маркгра́фmarkgráf
(historical)A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
Markgraf
маркгра́фmarkgráf
- a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
- the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
Translations
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Origin
From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāFrom Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at mark, graft.
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