Margrave Definition
A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
Other Word Forms of Margrave
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Origin of Margrave
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From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from the Germanic bases of mark (“march, border territory") + grave (“officer of comital rank"). Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.
From Wiktionary
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Probably Middle Dutch marcgrāve marc march, border merg- in Indo-European roots grāve count (perhaps ultimately from Greek grapheus scribe gerbh- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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