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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[D.

paltsgraaf

;

palts

palace (l.

palatium

) +

graaf

count; cf. G.

pfalzgraf

. See

, and

(Ger. Hist.)

A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.

Noun.

pawlzgrave. [L. palatium, palace, and graf, an earl.] A count or earl who has the superintendence of the king's palace.