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MARGRAVE
Definition of MARGRAVE
noun
A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
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Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”) + *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at mark, graft. Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (490)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARGRAVE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARGRAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARGRAVE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGMRRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start MARGRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARGRAVE?
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