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landgravine
[ land-gruh-veen ]
noun
- the wife of a landgrave.
- a woman of the rank of a landgrave.
landgravine
/ ˈlændɡrəˌviːn /
noun
- the wife or widow of a landgrave
- a woman who held the rank of landgrave
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Word History and Origins
Origin of landgravine1
1675–85; < Dutch landgravin, feminine of landgraaf landgrave
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Example Sentences
Thou shalt set thy foot on her neck yet, darling,When thou art Landgravine.
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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.
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The duke conducted the king into his room, where he found the old landgravine and the three physicians of the queen.
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The venerable old landgravine went to him and laid her hand gently on his shoulder.
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Then the Landgrave himself, the Landgravine, with their gentlemen and ladies, troop into the hall.
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