Word: margravines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mar
gra
vines
Definition: Plural of margravine; was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom
Morphemes:
Affix: margrave
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: markō
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: marko
Meaning: boundary; boundary marker
Affix: grafa
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: grafa
Meaning: military rank
Affix: -ine
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of or pertaining to.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.