In Germany, a count having jurisdiction over a territory, and having under him several inferior counts; later, the title of certain German princes.
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > landgrave, margrave, or wildgrave (10) landgravea1513 In Germany, a count having jurisdiction over a territory, and having under him several inferior counts; later, the title of certain German princes. margrave1551 A military governor of a medieval German border province. Also: the chief magistrate of any of certain cities in the Low Countries, near the… Earl Marcher1630 the military governor or ruler of a border province; a margrave; cf. marcher lord n. at marcher, n.1 compounds 2. wildgrave1798 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… Subcategories:— position of (2) — wife of (4) |
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