palsgrave
nounEtymology Borrowed from German Pfalzgraf (“count palatinate”).
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Historical A count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
- 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.1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion […] :
- Synonyms
- count palatine, pfalzgraf