What does landgrave mean?

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ˈlændˌgreɪvland·grave

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. landgravenoun

    a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany

Wiktionary

  1. landgravenoun

    specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.

  2. landgravenoun

    County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).

  3. Etymology: From Landgraf, itself from Land 'land, territory, principality' + Graf 'count'.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Landgravenoun

    A German title of dominion.

    Etymology: land and grave, a count, German.

Wikipedia

  1. Landgrave

    Landgrave (German: Landgraf, Dutch: landgraaf, Swedish: lantgreve, French: landgrave; Latin: comes magnus, comes patriae, comes provinciae, comes terrae, comes principalis, lantgravius) was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of Landgraf, Markgraf ("margrave"), and Pfalzgraf ("count palatine") are in the same class of ranks as Herzog ("duke") and above the rank of a Graf ("count").

ChatGPT

  1. landgrave

    A landgrave is a noble ranking, particularly in parts of the Holy Roman Empire, denoting a count whose jurisdiction extended over a territory (a landgraviate) rather than just a county. The title is roughly equivalent to a duke or other high-ranking nobility.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Landgravenoun

    a German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France

  2. Etymology: [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D. landgraaf, F. landgrave.]

Wikidata

  1. Landgrave

    Landgrave was a title used in the Holy Roman Empire and later on by its former territories. The German titles of Landgraf, Markgraf and Pfalzgraf bei Rhein are in the same class of ranks as the title Herzog and above the rank of a Graf.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Landgrave

    land′grāv, n. a German graf, count, or earl:—fem. Landgravine (land′gra-vēn).n. Landgrā′viāte, the territory of a landgrave. [Dut. landgraafland, land, graaf, count.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Landgrave

    title given to certain counts of the old German empire who had the rank of princes.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. landgrave

    A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to an English earl.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Landgrave

    The Anglicised form of the German landgraf, count, a ground landlord.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LANDGRAVE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Landgrave is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Landgrave surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Landgrave.

    62.6% or 89 total occurrences were White.
    37.3% or 53 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of landgrave in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of landgrave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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