单词 | wildgrave |
释义 | † wildgraven. Obsolete. 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 n., waldgrave n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > landgrave, margrave, or wildgrave landgravea1513 margrave1551 Earl Marcher1630 wildgrave1798 1798 tr. G. A. Bürger Wild Huntsman's Chase 2 Shrill sounds the haughty Wildgrave's horn. 1801 W. Scott tr. G. A. Bürger Wild Huntsman in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 153 The Wildgrave winds his bugle horn. Derivatives wildgravess n. [translating German wildgräfin.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > landgrave, margrave, or wildgrave > wife of landgravine1682 margravine1692 landgravess1762 wildgravess1762 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 504 Juliana,..Wild~gravess and Rhinegravess of Grumbach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1762 |
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