Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burgrave

2 senses of burgrave

Sense 1
burgrave -- (a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right)
       => Lord, noble, nobleman -- (a titled peer of the realm)

Sense 2
burgrave -- (the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries)
       => military governor -- (the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country))

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