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))