margrave

n. 候爵 [法] 侯爵, 总督

发音

UK /ˈmɑːɡɹeɪv/
其它
US /ˈmɑɹɡɹeɪv/

词形变化

margraves 复数 margraves

别名

margraf markgraf markgrave

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    藩侯

    历史

    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. 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.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

lord noble nobleman

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.

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