landgrave

n. 伯爵领主

词形变化

landgraves 复数 landgraves

别名

landgraf

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.

    历史
  2. 2.

    County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).

词汇关系

名词

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词源

From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”), from *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at graft.

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