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Noun: margrave  maa(r)-greyv
  1. The military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
     
  2. A German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)

Derived forms: margraves

Type of: Lord, military governor, noble, nobleman

Encyclopedia: Margrave