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Webster 1913 Edition
Landgrave
Land′graveˊ
,Noun.
[G.
landgraf
; land
land + graf
earl, count; cf. D. landgraaf
, F. landgrave
.] A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
☞ The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.
Webster 1828 Edition
Landgrave
LAND'GRAVE
,Noun.
In Germany, a count or earl; or an officer nearly corresponding to the earl of England, and the count of France. It is now a title of certain princes who possess estates or territories called landgraviates.
Definition 2024
landgrave
landgrave
English
Noun
landgrave (plural landgraves)
- (rare) specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
- County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Translations
renderings of Landgraf
county nobleman in the British colony Carolina
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References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967