margraveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• margraf, markgraf, markgrave

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑːɡɹeɪv/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑɹɡɹeɪv/

名詞

margrave (plural margraves)

1. (historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
   • 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. (historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
   • 1516, Thomas More, chapter 1, in Utopia‎:

     The Margrave of Bruges was their head.

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