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Definition: BURGGRAVE |
BURGGRAVENoun1. Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached. |
Etymology: Burggrave \Burg"grave\, noun. [from German expression burggraf; burg fortress graf count: compare to Dutch burggraaf, French burgrave. See Margrave.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Joannes Philippus Burggrave : Med. Doct. Consiliar et Archiater Electoral. / F. Lippoldt pinx. J. Jacob Haid sc. et exc A.V. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Words rhyming with "BURGGRAVE" (pronounced 'Burg"grave'): Burgrave, landgrave, margrave, Palgrave, Palsgrave, Waldgrave, Wildgrave. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-g-r-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: burgrave. | |
-2 letters: bragger, bravure, burgage, gravure. | |
-3 letters: arguer, bagger, beggar, braver, bugger, burger, gauger, graver, rugger, vaguer. | |
-4 letters: agger, argue, auger, barer, barge, barre, brave, eggar, gager, gauge, grave, gurge, raver, rebar, rugae, urare, urger, vague. | |
-5 letters: ager, ague, aver, bare, bear, beau, berg, brae, brag, bura, burg, burr, gage, garb, gaur, gave, gear, grab. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 47 47 52 41 56 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. --. --. .-. .- ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01000111 01000111 01010010 01000001 01010110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R G G R A V E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 0047 0047 0052 0041 0056 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365552414152355639 |
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