margrave

Etymology
From (modern 🇨🇬), cognate with 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬), from  +, from. More at,.

Compare, ,.

Noun

 * 1)  A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
 * 2) * 1973: Among pulverised heads of stone margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
 * 3)  A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: маркграф
 * Catalan: marcgravi,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 藩侯
 * Czech:
 * Danish: markgreve
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: margrafo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: margrave
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: markgreifi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 辺境伯
 * Khmer: ចៅបច្ចន្តជនបទ
 * Korean: 변경백(邊境伯)
 * Macedonian: ма́ркгроф
 * Middle Dutch: marcgrave
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: margrave
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: markgreve
 * Thai: มาร์เกรฟ


 * Bulgarian: маркграф
 * Catalan: marcgravi
 * Czech:
 * Danish: markgreve
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: margrafo
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: markgreifi
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Macedonian: ма́ркгроф
 * Middle Dutch: marcgrave
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: margrave
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: margrave
 * Swedish: markgreve
 * Thai: มาร์เกรฟ


 * Estonian:
 * French:

Etymology
From (modern 🇨🇬).

Noun

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Noun

 * 1) margravine

Noun

 * 1)  military officer in charge of German border area

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  military-administrative officer