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Burgrave

noun
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.





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"Burgrave" Quotes from Famous Books



... passionately—"To think of this little Burgrave of Nuremberg, the vassal of Rudolf of Hapsburg, growing to be the rival of the stately house of Austria! No, no! Never shall the day dawn when Austria descends to an equality with Prussia! We are natural enemies; we can no more call the Brandenburgs brothers than the eagle ...
— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach


Words linked to "Burgrave" :   military governor, noble, lord, nobleman


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