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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Pfalzgraf.
Noun
pfalzgraf (plural pfalzgrafs)
- (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.
1839, Joseph Snowe, The Rhine, Legends, Traditions, History, from Cologne to Mainz: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 […]
1857, George Meredith, Farina, page 234:The warrior bishops, electors, pfalzgrafs, and knights of the empire, all swore it was no shame not to be a match for Sathanas.
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