waldgrave

American

[wawld-greyv] / ˈwɔld greɪv /

noun

(in the Holy Roman Empire) an officer having jurisdiction over a royal forest.

waldgrave British

/ ˈwɔːldˌɡreɪv /

noun

(in medieval Germany) an officer with jurisdiction over a royal forest

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Etymology

Origin of waldgrave

< German Waldgraf ( Wald forest + Graf count)

Example Sentences

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My cousin the Waldgrave Rupert visits me in a day or two, and I will consult him.'

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My cousin, the Waldgrave Rupert, whom I expected to-morrow, has arrived to-day.

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The name of the Waldgrave Rupert made them feel how small they were, despite their boasting, beside the youngest member of the family.

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I had not seen the Waldgrave Rupert--a cadet of the noble house of Weimar and my lady's cousin once removed--since his boyhood.

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But I suppose that the scolding my lady had given them was no more than a flea-bite beside the rating the young Waldgrave inflicted!

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