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Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

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  1. n. Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.
  2. Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.
  3. Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress orcastle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domainattached.
  4. burggrave (plural burggraves) (historical) One appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle), especially in German-speaking Europe. One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.