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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.

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    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.
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    The office or employment of an accountant.

 

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