different between burgrave vs margrave

English

Alternative forms

• burgraf
• burggrave

Etymology

From German Burggraf, from Burg (“castle”) +? Graf (“count”). Compare Dutch burggraaf, French burgrave. See margrave.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b????e?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b????e?v/
• Hyphenation: bur?grave

Noun

burgrave (plural burgraves)

1. (historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.
2. One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

burgrave m (plural burgraves)

1. (historical) burggrave (commander of a German burg)

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch marcgr?ve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgr?vo (modern German Markgraf), from Proto-Germanic *mark? (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio.

Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m????e?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m????e?v/

Noun

margrave (plural margraves)

1. (historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
   • 1973: Among pulverised heads of stone margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
2. (historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
   • 1516, Thomas More, Utopia Chapter 1.

     The Margrave of Bruges was their head.

Derived terms

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle Dutch marcgr?ve (modern Dutch markgraaf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?.??av/

Noun

margrave m (plural margraves)

1. A margrave

Derived terms

• margraviat m

Related terms

• marquis m

Noun

margrave f (plural margraves)

1. margravine

Synonyms

• margravine

Further reading

• “margrave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

margrave m (plural margraves)

1. margrave (military officer in charge of German border area)

Spanish

Etymology

From German Markgraf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma????abe/, [ma?????a.??e]

Noun

margrave m (plural margraves)

1. margrave (military-administrative officer)

Further reading

• “margrave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.