2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: palsgrave noun: (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palatine}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Palsgrave \Pals"grave'\, noun [D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l. palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See {Palace}, and {Landgrave}.] (Ger. Hist.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.

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