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Count palatine

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count palatine

 
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–noun, plural counts palatine.
1. (formerly, in Germany) a count having jurisdiction in his fief or province.
2. Also called earl palatine. English History. an earl or other county proprietor who exercised royal prerogatives within his county.
Origin:
1590–1600
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count palatine  
n.   pl. counts palatine

    1. Any of various noblemen originally exercising certain royal powers within their own domains, especially a count of the Holy Roman Empire having sovereign powers in his own territories.

    2. A feudal lord having sovereign powers over his lands.

  2. The titled proprietor of a county palatine in England or Ireland.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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