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- noun Plural form of
burgrave .
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Examples
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Legitimist party leaders -- the Thiers, Berryers, Broglies, Moles, in short, the so-called burgraves -- to take hold of the helm of State in person.
Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl Marx 1850
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The nominal subordinates, Counts of the Marches, burgraves, barons, took a very free hand in those days of decentralized authority and bad lines of communication.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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The Bohemian nobles who had troubled his father were entirely suppressed by Boleslav II, who appointed burgraves called "zŭpans," over the various districts into which his territories were divided, and the central authority became absolute.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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Prussia, whose ancestors were burgraves of Nuremberg for over 200 years, is still styled burgrave of Nuremberg.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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It was richly endowed by the dukes of Abenberg and their heirs, the burgraves of Nuremberg.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The abbey church contains the sepulchral monuments of most of the burgraves of Nuremberg and the electors of Brandenburg.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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In French narrative literature there is nothing to surpass the first hundred pages in which George Sand introduces us to the burgraves of central France.
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In French narrative literature there is nothing to surpass the first hundred pages in which George Sand introduces us to the burgraves of central France.
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George Sand introduces us to the burgraves of central France.
George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Ren�� Doumic 1898
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When the burgrave, Frederick of Hohenzollern, came to take possession of his new territory he was received with the jesting remark: "Were it to rain burgraves for a whole year, we should not allow them to grow in the march."
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886
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