name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
landgrave
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noun
Meaning 2
One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
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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noun
Meaning 4
a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: count
History
Etymology
From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”), from *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at graft.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: landgravi — renderings of Landgraf
- Czech: lankrabě — renderings of Landgraf
- Danish: landgreve — renderings of Landgraf
- Dutch: landgraaf — renderings of Landgraf
- Esperanto: landgrafo — renderings of Landgraf
- Finnish: maakreivi — renderings of Landgraf
- French: landgrave — renderings of Landgraf
- Middle French: landgrave — renderings of Landgraf
- German: Landgraf — renderings of Landgraf
- Greek: λανδγράβος (landgrávos) — renderings of Landgraf
- Greek: λανδίγραβος (landígravos) — renderings of Landgraf
- Ido: landgravo — renderings of Landgraf
- Italian: langravio — renderings of Landgraf
- Latin: comes prīncipālis — renderings of Landgraf
- Norwegian Bokmål: landgreve — renderings of Landgraf
- Portuguese: landegrave — renderings of Landgraf
- Russian: ландгра́ф (landgráf) — renderings of Landgraf
- Slovak: landgróf — renderings of Landgraf
- Spanish: landgrave — renderings of Landgraf
- Welsh: tiriarll — renderings of Landgraf