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palsgrave


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palsgrave 
  n  :  (medieval)  the  lord  of  a  palatinate  who  exercised  sovereign 
  powers  over  his  lands  [syn:  {palatine}] 




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