MARGRAVE

noun

14 Scrabble

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M 3

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Definition

A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.

"1973: Among pulverised heads of stone margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow"