Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Palsgrave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palsgrave \Pals"grave`\, n. [D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l.
palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See {Palace}, and
{Landgrave}.] (Ger. Hist.)
A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had
the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
palsgrave
n : (medieval) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign
powers over his lands [syn: {palatine}]
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