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pfalzgrafs

pfalzgrafs is the plural of pfalzgraf.

Meaning of pfalzgraf

Noun

pfalzgraf (plural pfalzgrafs)

  1. (historical, rare) A German representative of the Frankish king (or, later, the Holy Roman Emperor), in a palatial domain of the crown; a count palatine.
    • With the sanction and connivance of Irmengarde, her lady-mother, the lovers met nightly in the gardens of Stahleck; and, to crown all, during the temporary absence of the pfalzgraf at the court of the emperor, their hands were united[…]1839, Joseph Snowe, The Rhine, Legends, Traditions, History, from Cologne to Mainz
    Synonyms:
    palsgrave

Questions about pfalzgrafs

What is pfalzgrafs the plural of?
Pfalzgrafs is the plural of pfalzgraf.

Words near pfalzgrafs in the dictionary

  1. pfah
  2. Pfahler
  3. Pfahlers
  4. Pfalz
  5. pfalzgraf
  6. pfalzgrafs
  7. Pfannenstiel
  8. Pfannenstiel incision
  9. Pfannenstiel incisions
  10. Pfannenstiel-Kerr incision
  11. Pfannenstiel-Kerr incisions

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