Landgrave Definition

lăndgrāv
noun
In medieval Germany, a count having jurisdiction over a specified territory.
Webster's New World
Later, the title of any of certain German princes.
Webster's New World

County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).

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Other Word Forms of Landgrave

Noun

Singular:
landgrave
Plural:
landgraves

Origin of Landgrave

  • From Middle Low German lant land lendh- in Indo-European roots grave count

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Landgraf, itself from Land 'land, territory, principality' + Graf 'count'.

    From Wiktionary

Landgrave Sentence Examples

  • He supported Frederick in his struggle with the anti-kings, Henry Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia, and William II., count of Holland, and was put under the papal ban by Pope Innocent IV., Bavaria being laid under an interdict.

  • In 1389 it was purchased by the landgrave of Thuringia, and with this district it formed part of Saxony.

  • Attempts were made to seize Tyndale at Worms, but he found refuge at Marburg with Philip, landgrave of Hesse.

  • It was recovered by the landgrave of Thuringia in 1388, but soon reverted to Hesse, and it became the residence of one of the branches of the Hessian royal house, a branch which died out in 1655.

  • His grandmother then wished him to enter the army of the landgrave of Hesse, but he declined to serve "a tyrant," and a year later slipped away from Geneva and embarked for the United States.

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

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EVEAVE

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