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BURGRAVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

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)

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