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Burggraf.

a male burgrave (a military governor or commander of a castle, fortress or medieval fortified town, especially within the Holy Roman Empire), similar to a French chatelain or Late Middle English castellan

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Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbʊrkɡraːf]
  1. a male burgrave (a military governor or commander of a castle, fortress or medieval fortified town, especially within the Holy Roman Empire), similar to a French chatelain or Late Middle English castellan

    historical · masculine · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German burcgrâve, from Old High German burggrāfo, burggrāfio. Equivalent to Burg (“castle”) + Graf (“count”).

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