Margravine Definition

märgrə-vēn
noun
The wife or widow of a margrave.
American Heritage
Used as a title for such a woman.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Margravine

Noun

Singular:
margravine
Plural:
margravines

Origin of Margravine

  • Probably Middle Dutch marcgravinne feminine of marcgrāve margrave margrave

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • margrave +"Ž -ine

    From Wiktionary

Margravine Sentence Examples

  • Margravine Road recalls the existence of Bradenburg House, a riverside mansion built by Sir Nicholas Crispe in the time of Charles I., used as the headquarters of General Fairfax in 1647 during the civil wars, and occupied in 1792 by the margrave of Bradenburg-Anspach and Bayreuth and his wife, and in 1820 by Caroline, consort of George IV.

  • The margravine made Baireuth one of the intellectual centres of Germany, surrounding herself with a little court of wits and artists which gained added prestige from the occasional visits of Voltaire and Frederick the Great.

  • The margravine's memoirs, Me'moires de ma vie, written or revised between 1748 and her death, are preserved in the Royal Library of Berlin.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

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