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BURGRAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does burgrave mean?
• BURGRAVE (noun)
The noun BURGRAVE has 2 senses:
1. a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
2. the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
Familiarity information: BURGRAVE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("burgrave" is a kind of...):
Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("burgrave" is a kind of...):
military governor (the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country))
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