landgravine
Americannoun
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the wife of a landgrave.
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a woman of the rank of a landgrave.
noun
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the wife or widow of a landgrave
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a woman who held the rank of landgrave
Etymology
Origin of landgravine
1675–85; < Dutch landgravin, feminine of landgraaf landgrave
Example Sentences
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At the gate stood the old grandmother who had charge of Louisa in her childhood, the old landgravine, now eighty years of age.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
The venerable old landgravine went to him and laid her hand gently on his shoulder.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
Caution.—Words like margravine and landgravine prove nothing, being scarcely naturalised.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The duke conducted the king into his room, where he found the old landgravine and the three physicians of the queen.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
He himself with his cavalry started for Hesse, whose landgravine was in alliance with France.
From Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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