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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[G.

burggraf

;

burg

fortress +

graf

count: cf. D.

burggraaf

, F.

burgrave

. See

(Germany)

Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

burggrave ‎(plural burggraves)

(historical) One appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle), especially in German-speaking Europe.
One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.

one appointed to the command of a burg

one who holds a hereditary title