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pals⋅grave

  [pawlz-greyv, palz-]
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–noun
a German count palatine.
Origin:
1540–50; < early D paltsgrave (now paltsgraaf); c. G Pfalzgraf imperial count. See margrave, palatine 1
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pal·a·tine 1   (pāl'ə-tīn')   
n.  

    1. A soldier of the palace guard of the Roman emperors, formed in the time of Diocletian.

    2. A soldier of a major division of the Roman army formed in the time of Constantine I.

  2. Used as a title for various administrative officials of the late Roman and Byzantine empires.

  3. A feudal lord exercising sovereign power over his lands. Also called palsgrave.

adj.  

  1. Belonging to or fit for a palace.

  2. Of or relating to a palatine or palatinate.


[From Middle English, ruled by an independent lord, from Old French palatin, from Late Latin palātīnus, palace official, from Latin palātīnus, from Palātium, imperial residence; see palace.]
pals·grave   (pôlz'grāv')   
n.  See palatine1.

[Obsolete Dutch paltsgrave, from Middle Dutch palsgrēve, palsgrāve : pals, palatine (from Vulgar Latin *palantia, palace, from Latin palātia, pl. of Palātium, imperial palace; see palace) + Middle Dutch grēve, grāve, count; see margrave.]
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palsgrave 
1548, "a count palatine," from M.Du. palsgrave, from pals "palace" (from L. palatium, see palace) + grave (Du. graaf) "count." Cf. cognate M.H.G. pfalzgrave, Ger. Pfalzgraf.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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