landgrave

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noun

One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.

OriginGerman Landgraf →
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Meanings

landgrave1

nounlandgrave (plural landgraves)

plural landgraves · alternative landgraf

  1. historicalOne holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
  2. County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).

Landgrave2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. GermanLandgraf
  2. Englishlandgrave

From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”), from *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at graft.

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Translations

Catalan landgravi
  • landgravirenderings of Landgraf
Czech lankrabě
  • lankraběrenderings of Landgraf
Danish landgreve
  • landgreverenderings of Landgraf
Dutch landgraaf
  • landgraafrenderings of Landgraf
Esperanto landgrafo
  • landgraforenderings of Landgraf
Finnish maakreivi
  • maakreivirenderings of Landgraf
French landgrave
  • landgraverenderings of Landgraf
German Landgraf
  • Landgrafrenderings of Landgraf
Greek λανδγράβος, λανδίγραβος
  • λανδγράβος (landgrávos)renderings of Landgraf
  • λανδίγραβος (landígravos)renderings of Landgraf
Italian langravio
  • langraviorenderings of Landgraf
Latin comes prīncipālis
  • comes prīncipālisrenderings of Landgraf
Norwegian Bokmål landgreve
  • landgreverenderings of Landgraf
Portuguese landegrave
  • landegraverenderings of Landgraf
Russian ландгра́ф
  • ландгра́ф (landgráf)renderings of Landgraf
Slovak landgróf
  • landgrófrenderings of Landgraf
Spanish landgrave
  • landgraverenderings of Landgraf
Welsh tiriarll
  • tiriarllrenderings of Landgraf
Cite this entry
APA

landgrave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landgrave

MLA

“landgrave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landgrave. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landgrave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landgrave.

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