wildgrave

English

Etymology

From German Wildgraf or Dutch wildgraaf. See wild, and compare margrave.

Noun

wildgrave (plural wildgraves)

1. Alternative spelling of waldgrave
   • 1820, Walter Scott, “[Ballads and Lyrical Pieces.] The Wild Huntsmen”, in The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Company] for Arch[ibald] Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 217:

     The Wildgrave winds his bugle horn, / To horse, to horse! halloo, halloo!

References

• “wildgrave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.