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pals·grave  (pôlzgrv)

n.

See palatine¹.

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[Obsolete Dutch paltsgrave, from Middle Dutch palsgrve, palsgrve : pals, palatine (from Vulgar Latin *palantia, palace, from Latin paltia, pl. of Paltium, imperial palace; see palace) + Middle Dutch grve, grve, count; see margrave.]

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palsgrave [ˈpɔːlzgreɪv]

n

(Historical Terms) Archaic a German count palatine

[from Dutch, from Middle Dutch paltsgrave, from palts estate of a palatine + grave count]

palsgravine  [ˈpɔːlzgrəˌviːn] fem n

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Noun

1.

palsgrave - (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands palatine noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

Translations

palsgrave

n (Hist) → Pfalzgraf m