LANDGRAVE

landgrave

(noun) a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

landgrave (plural landgraves)

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

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

Source: Wiktionary

Land"grave`, n. Etym: [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D. landgraaf, F. landgrave.]

Definition: A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

Note: The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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