different between palsgrave vs burgrave

English

Etymology

From German Pfalzgraf (“count palatinate”).

Noun

palsgrave (plural palsgraves)

1. A count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
   • 1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion

     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.

Synonyms

• count palatine, count palatinate
• pfalzgraf (rare)

Anagrams

• palgraves

English

Alternative forms

• burgraf
• burggrave

Etymology

From German Burggraf, from Burg (“castle”) +? Graf (“count”). Compare Dutch burggraaf, French burgrave. See margrave.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b????e?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b????e?v/
• Hyphenation: bur?grave

Noun

burgrave (plural burgraves)

1. (historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.
2. One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

burgrave m (plural burgraves)

1. (historical) burggrave (commander of a German burg)