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BURGRAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
Classified under:
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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