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Wildgrave
(G. wildgraf: wild, wild or uncultivated + graf, count)
a wildgrave or waldgrave was originally a nobleman of the status of count who had jurisdiction over uncultivated areas, forests and uninhabited districts. His legal privileges eventually vested in him the power of a chief forester and gamekeeper of a district.
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