Graf

¹

[ graf, grahf ]

noun

1. Stephanie Maria Steffi, born 1969, German tennis player.

Graf

²

[ grahf ]

noun

, German.

, plural Graf·en [grah, -f, uh, n].

1. a count: a title of nobility in Germany, Austria, and Sweden, equivalent in rank to an English earl.

Graf

¹

/ ɡraːf /

noun

1. a German count: often used as a title

Graf

²

/ ɡræf /

noun

1. GrafSteffi1969FGermanSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player Steffi. born 1969, German tennis player: won 22 Grand Slam singles titles (1987–99), including seven at Wimbledon; won (1988) a unique 'golden slam' of each Grand Slam singles title and a gold medal in the women's singles at the Olympics

Word History and Origins

Origin of Graf¹

German, from Old High German grāvo

Example Sentences

Graf won 66 consecutive matches in a streak that spanned 1989-90 and compiled 13 6-0 sets in the first 35 matches of her streak.

From FiveThirtyEight

Navratilova and Graf won almost 96 percent of their sets in the first 35 matches of their streaks.

From FiveThirtyEight

I suspect that Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen wrote that first graf very, very carefully.

From The Daily Beast

Here's one graf: The Woodward reporting has caused the White House spin machine to sputter at a crucial time.

From The Daily Beast

But they were always understood to be part of the solution, as the authors acknowledge in the second graf I quote.

From The Daily Beast

Well, that last graf is pretty rich, given what we now know.

From The Daily Beast

But of course, the things I cited in the above graf are "facts," and conservatives kind of have a problem with those.

From The Daily Beast

Daughter of Gustav Graf and wife of the portrait painter, Lepsius.

From Project Gutenberg

After a good deal of delay, Maimon was at last induced to call upon the Graf at his residence in Berlin.

From Project Gutenberg

Scholars are now almost unanimously agreed that the internal features are best explained by the Graf-Wellhausen hypothesis.

From Project Gutenberg

Graf von Piccolomini, an active gallant person, had refused terms, some time before; and was hopefully intent on doing his best.

From Project Gutenberg

Perigraph, per′i-graf, n. an inaccurate delineation of anything.

From Project Gutenberg