Word Meanings - MARGRAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
march; mark bound, border, march + graf earl, count, lord chief justice; cf. Goth. gagrëfts decree: cf. D. markgraaf, F. margrave. 1. Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany. 2. The English equivalent of the German title
Additional info about word: MARGRAVE
march; mark bound, border, march + graf earl, count, lord chief justice; cf. Goth. gagrëfts decree: cf. D. markgraaf, F. margrave. 1. Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany. 2. The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.
Related words: (words related to MARGRAVE)
- TITLELESS
Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer. - COUNTERBRACE
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another. - CHIEFLESS
Without a chief or leader. - COUNTERACTIVE
Tending to counteract. - COUNTERFLEURY
Counterflory. - COUNTERVIEW
1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. - BOUNDLESS
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. - COUNTABLE
Capable of being numbered. - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - COUNTRY-DANCE
See MACUALAY - MARCHER
One who marches. - COUNTERJUMPER
A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. - TITLED
Having or bearing a title. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. - ENGLISHWOMAN
Fem. of Englishman. Shak. - COUNTER BRACE
The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. - COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
See A - COUNTER
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note: - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - HOME-BOUND
Kept at home. - OUTBOUND
Outward bound. Dryden. - NOMARCH
The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy. - ENCOUNTERER
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury. - UNBOUND
imp. & p. p. of Unbind. - ACCOUNTANTSHIP
The office or employment of an accountant.