margrave

/ˌmɑrˈgreɪv/
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Other forms: margraves

Definitions of margrave
  1. noun
    the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
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    type of:
    military governor
    the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)
  2. noun
    a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
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    type of:
    Lord, noble, nobleman
    a titled peer of the realm
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