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bur⋅grave

  [bur-greyv]
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–noun German History.
1. the appointed head of a fortress.
2. the hereditary governor of a castle or town.
Origin:
1540–50; < G Burggraf, equiv. to Burg castle, town + Graf count
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burgrave

in medieval Germany, one appointed to command a burg (fortified town) with the rank of count (Graf or comes). Later the title became hereditary and was associated with a domain

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