margrave

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɑːɡɹeɪv/    美 /ˈmɑɹɡɹeɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area. historical
    — 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. A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess. historical
    — The Margrave of Bruges was their head.

词形变化

margraves plural margraf alternative markgraf alternative markgrave alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
margravate margravely margravial margraviate margravine
相关词
burgrave landgrave palsgrave waldgrave

词源

From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at mark, graft.
Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary