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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The wife or widow of a margrave.
  2. n. Used as a title for such a woman.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The wife of a margrave.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The wife of a margrave.
  2. n. A woman with the rank and responsibilities of a margrave.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The wife of a margrave.

Etymologies

  1. margrave +‎ -ine (Wiktionary)
  2. Probably Middle Dutch marcgravinne, feminine of marcgrāve, margrave; see margrave. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Riding to and fro, and chattering, and commotion, of which the margravine was the centre, went on, and the band played beautiful waltzes.”

    The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 3

  • “His imitation of the margravine was the pleasantest thing I heard from him.”

    The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 5

  • “The noble margravine rose from her seat and with her white hands she seized the shield.”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “For the sake of the guests the noble margravine went to table, but let her daughter stay with the maidens, where she sate by right.”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “The fair young margravine, too, was much caressed.”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “When at night she lay close by his side, what kindly questions the margravine put, whither the king of the Huns had sent him.”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “The margravine is of such high kin that I and all his liegemen would gladly serve her, should she wear a crown in”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “Rudeger sent word to Bechelaren, at which the margravine grew both sorrowful and proud.”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “Gotelind saw the host come gladly, as likewise his dear daughter did, the young margravine.”

    The Nibelungenlied

  • “When the margravine heard the message, a deal she rued it; weeping beseemed her at the thought whether she should gain a lady as afore.”

    The Nibelungenlied

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