margrave

英 ['mɑːgreɪv] 美 ['mɑrgrev]
  • n. (神圣罗马帝国的)侯爵;(德国各边界的)总督
  • n. (Margrave)人名;(英)马格雷夫

英文词源


margrave (n.)
military governor of a German border province, 1550s, from Middle Dutch markgrave (Dutch markgraaf), literally "count of the border," from Old High German marcgravo; second element from graf "count, earl" (Old High German gravo, gravjo), from West Germanic *grafa "a designation of rank, possibly borrowed from Greek grapheus "scribe." For first element see mark (n.1). Later a hereditary title under the Holy Roman Empire. His wife was a margravine.

双语例句


1. Leopold I of Babenberg became margrave of Austria in 976.
公元976年巴奔堡的利奥波德一世成为奥地利侯爵.

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