landgrave
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”).
Noun[edit]
landgrave (plural landgraves)
- (rare) One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
- County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
renderings of Landgraf
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county nobleman in the British colony Carolina
References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
landgrave m (plural landgraves)
Further reading[edit]
- “landgrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
landgrave m (plural landgraves)
Further reading[edit]
- “landgrave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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