palsgrave

[ pawlz-greyv, palz- ]

noun

1. a German count palatine.

palsgrave

/ ˈpɔːlzɡrəˌviːn; ˈpɔːlzɡreɪv /

noun

1. archaic.
   a German count palatine

Derived Forms

• palsgravine, noun:feminine

Word History and Origins

Origin of palsgrave¹

1540–50; < early Dutch paltsgrave (now paltsgraaf ); cognate with German Pfalzgraf imperial count. See margrave, palatine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of palsgrave¹

C16: from Dutch, from Middle Dutch paltsgrave, from palts estate of a palatine + grave count

Example Sentences

Palsgrave has both the noun and the verb in this form: "Scarre, to scar crowes, espouventail."

From Project Gutenberg

I gyve no force, I care nat for a thyng, Il ne men chault;' Palsgrave, p. 566.

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Dr Denton, her old friend, went as her almoner, and John Palsgrave as her secretary.

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I am told that the King went into the Palatinate with an intent to have procured some money of the Palsgrave, which was refused.

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At the peace of Westphalia the Palsgrave was reinstated as an eighth elector, Bavaria retaining her place.

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