palsgrave

Noun
Synonyms: palatine

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his landsSynonyms: palatine
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Palsgrave \Pals"grave`\, n. [D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l. palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See Palace, and Landgrave.] (Ger. Hist.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany. [1913 Webster]
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