landgravine

[land-gruh-veen]

noun

the wife of a landgrave.

a woman of the rank of a landgrave.

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Origin of landgravine

1675–85; < Dutch landgravin, feminine of landgraaf landgrave

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Examples from the Web for landgravine

The Landgravine was led to the ballroom by her partner, an owlish colonel, and the other couples followed.
The Road to Paris|Robert Neilson Stephens
In Paris we met a distant relation,—one of the ladies of her highness the Landgravine.
The Road to Paris|Robert Neilson Stephens
The Landgravine smiled and said, I see well you take me for another than I am.
Memoirs of Leonora Christina|Leonora Christina Ulfeldt
The virtuous Landgravine kept her word, but could effect nothing.
Memoirs of Leonora Christina|Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

Here it was the Kur Furst of this; and there the Landgravine of that.
The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I.(of II)|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for landgravine

landgravine

noun

the wife or widow of a landgrave

a woman who held the rank of landgrave

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