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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Burgrave \Bur"grave\, n. [F.] See Burggrave. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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