Burggrave

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burggrave \Burg"grave\, n. [G. burggraf; burg fortress + graf
     count: cf. D. burggraaf, F. burgrave. See {Margrave}.]
     (Germany)
     Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress
     or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a
     domain attached.


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