graafs

Noun

graaf (plural graafs)

1. A Dutch earl or count.
   • The knights of St. John once had here their dwelling, or commandery, as it was called, but had removed in 1312 to a new building within the city of Haarlem, where they were richly endowed by Graaf William the Good, who also conferred on them numerous privileges, of which not the least was, that the...1847, J[acob] van Lennep, translated by Frank Woodley, The Rose of Dekama; or, The Friesian Heiress. A Tale. (The Library of Foreign Romance, and Novel Newspaper: Comprising Standard English Works of...