Burgrave

2 definitions found

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

  Burgrave \Bur"grave\, n. [F.]
     See {Burggrave}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  burgrave
       n 1: a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by
            hereditary right
       2: the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th
          centuries