margrave noun. ['mɑ:greɪv] Also (esp. in titles) Margrave. LOE.
[Middle Dutch markgrave = Old High German marcgrāvo (German Markgraf), from marca MARK noun¹ + grāve GRAVE noun².]
Hist. Orig., a military governor of a German border province. Later, a hereditary prince in any of certain states of the Holy Roman Empire.

■ margravate noun = margraviate E19.

■ mar'gravial adjective of or pertaining to a margrave M18.

■ mar'graviate noun the territory ruled by a margrave E18.

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