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palsgrave
[ pawlz-greyv, palz- ]
noun
- a German count palatine.
palsgrave
/ ˈpɔːlzɡrəˌviːn; ˈpɔːlzɡreɪv /
noun
- archaic.a German count palatine
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Derived Forms
- palsgravine, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palsgrave1
1540–50; < early Dutch paltsgrave (now paltsgraaf ); cognate with German Pfalzgraf imperial count. See margrave, palatine 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palsgrave1
C16: from Dutch, from Middle Dutch paltsgrave, from palts estate of a palatine + grave count
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Example Sentences
Palsgrave has both the noun and the verb in this form: "Scarre, to scar crowes, espouventail."
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I gyve no force, I care nat for a thyng, Il ne men chault;' Palsgrave, p. 566.
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Dr Denton, her old friend, went as her almoner, and John Palsgrave as her secretary.
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I am told that the King went into the Palatinate with an intent to have procured some money of the Palsgrave, which was refused.
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At the peace of Westphalia the Palsgrave was reinstated as an eighth elector, Bavaria retaining her place.
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