landgravine

[ land-gruh-veen ]

noun

1. the wife of a landgrave.
2. a woman of the rank of a landgrave.

landgravine

/ ˈlændɡrəˌviːn /

noun

1. the wife or widow of a landgrave
2. a woman who held the rank of landgrave

Word History and Origins

Origin of landgravine¹

1675–85; < Dutch landgravin, feminine of landgraaf landgrave

Example Sentences

It represents the kind-hearted Landgravine at the moment the miracle of roses is taking place.

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The Landgravine Amalie Elizabeth introduced the rule of primogeniture.

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To the right of the entrance to the palace gardens is the tomb of the “great landgravine,” Caroline Henrietta, wife of the landgrave Louis IX., surmounted by a marble urn, the gift of Frederick the Great of Prussia, bearing the inscription femina sexu, ingenio vir.

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You must be accompanied by your noble wife, Madame the Landgravine, and your ladies and lords, your most warlike captains and officers, in the midst of whom Monseigneur and Madame will shine like two suns surrounded by lanterns.”

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Madame Landgravine, and you, Monseigneur de Lunebourg, and you other beauteous dames and valiant captains, I have pourtrayed as best I could your pretty or warlike faces behind this curtain.

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