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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[G.

markgraf

, prop., lord chief justice of the march;

mark

bound, border, march +

graf

earl, count, lord chief justice; cf. Goth.

gagrëfts

decree: cf. D.

markgraaf

, F.

margrave

. See

border, and cf.

Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.

The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.

Noun.

Originally, a lord or keeper of the marches or borders; now a title of nobility in Germany, &c.