Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See burgrave, burgravess.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Germany) Originally, one appointed to the command of a
burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical, Germany One appointed to the command of a
burg (fortress or castle). - noun Germany One who holds a
hereditary title , with an associateddomain , descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg.
Etymologies
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German Burggraf; Burg fortress + Graf count: compare Dutch burggraaf, French burgrave. See margrave.
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Examples
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Hohenzollern, burggrave of Nuremberg, with the title of elector.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"Yes," is the reply, "to be their burggrave, and defend their Heaven!
The Youth of Goethe Peter Hume Brown 1883
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