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landgravine

English

Etymology

From German Landgräfin, equivalent to landgrave +? -ine.

Noun

landgravine (plural landgravines)

  1. The wife of a landgrave, or a woman who rules over a landgraviate.

Translations

Anagrams

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landgrave

English

Etymology

From German Landgraf, itself from Land (land, territory, principality) + Graf (count).

Noun

landgrave (plural landgraves)

  1. (rare) One 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).

Related terms

  • landgraviate
  • landgravine

Translations

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Spanish

Noun

landgrave m (plural landgraves)

  1. landgrave

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