Meanings
plural palsgraves
- historicalA count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
When bound to the stake, two cartloads of fagots and straw were piled up around him, and the palsgrave and vogt for the last time adjured him to abjure.
1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion […]Synonyms: count palatine, pfalzgraf
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
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noun(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
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Origin
- GermanPfalzgraf
- GermanPfalzgraf
- Englishpalsgrave
Borrowed from German Pfalzgraf (“count palatinate”).
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