Definitions for landgraveˈlændˌgreɪv
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
land•graveˈlændˌgreɪv(n.)
(in medieval Germany) a count having jurisdiction over a large territory.
Category: Government, Western History
(usu. cap.) the title of certain German princes.
Category: Government, Western History
Origin of landgrave:
1510–20; < MLG; see land , margrave
Princeton's WordNet
landgrave(noun)
a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
Wiktionary
landgrave(Noun)
specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
landgrave(Noun)
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Origin: From Landgraf, itself from Land 'land, territory, principality' + Graf 'count'.
Webster Dictionary
Landgrave(noun)
a German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Landgrave
title given to certain counts of the old German empire who had the rank of princes.
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