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Definitions: Burgrave |
BurgraveNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Burgrave \Bur"grave\, noun. [French expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah; burgrave; laird; (proprietor); collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Burgrave |
| Etymologies containing "burgrave": Burggrave. (references) |
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Words beginning with "burgrave": burgraves. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "burgrave" (pronounced 'Bur"grave'): Burggrave, landgrave, margrave, Palgrave, Palsgrave, Waldgrave, Wildgrave. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-r-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: bravure, gravure. | |
-2 letters: arguer, braver, burger, graver, vaguer. | |
-3 letters: argue, auger, barer, barge, barre, brave, grave, raver, rebar, rugae, urare, urger, vague. | |
-4 letters: ager, ague, aver, bare, bear, beau, berg, brae, brag, bura, burg, burr, garb, gaur, gave, gear, grab, grub, grue, guar, rage, rare, rave, rear, rube, ruer, ruga, urea, urge, uvea, vera. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-r-r-u-v" | |
+1 letter: burgraves. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 72 67 72 61 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. --. .-. .- ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110010 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u r g r a v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0072 0067 0072 0061 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3687847384678871 |
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