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palsgrave

[ pawlz-greyv, palz- ]

noun

  1. a German count palatine.


palsgrave

/ ˈpɔːlzɡrəˌviːn; ˈpɔːlzɡreɪv /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a German count palatine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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."

I gyve no force, I care nat for a thyng, Il ne men chault;' Palsgrave, p. 566.

Dr Denton, her old friend, went as her almoner, and John Palsgrave as her secretary.

I am told that the King went into the Palatinate with an intent to have procured some money of the Palsgrave, which was refused.

At the peace of Westphalia the Palsgrave was reinstated as an eighth elector, Bavaria retaining her place.

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