Definition of MARGRAVE

margrave

Plural: margraves

Noun

  • A medieval German military governor of a border province.
  • the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
  • a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
  • A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
  • A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.

Examples

  • He defended his high-scoring words like a MARGRAVE protecting his territory.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at mark, graft.
Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.

Scrabble Score: 14

margrave: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
margrave: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
margrave: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

margrave: valid Words With Friends Word