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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) margrave
a hereditary German title equivalent to a British marquis.

2. margrave
(originally) a military governor of a German border province.

Etymology: (1545–55; < MD =marke border +grave count)

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1. (noun) margrave
the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany

2. (noun) margrave
a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)

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1. (noun) margrave
originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany

2. (noun) margrave
the English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis

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