landgrave
landgrave · landgraves
ландграф
Landgraf
One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships…One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
US/lˈændɡɹˌeɪv/
Meaning
2 senses(historical)One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
Landgraf
ландгра́фlandgráf
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
More definitions
- a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
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Origin
From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”),From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”), from *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at graft.
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