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† wildgrave Obs.
[ad. G. wildgraf (MHG. wiltgrâve): see wild a. and grave n.4]
In Germany, formerly the chief magistrate of an uncultivated or forest region; spec. the title of a hereditary race of rulers in parts of the Rhineland (cf. Rhinegrave, waldgrave). So wildgravess (tr. G. wildgräfin).
1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. V. 504 Juliana,..Wild⁓gravess and Rhinegravess of Grumbach. 1796Scott Wild Huntsman i, The Wildgrave winds his bugle horn. 1798tr. Bürger's Wild Huntsm. 2 Shrill sounds the haughty Wildgrave's horn. |