Palsgrave

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palsgrave \Pals"grave`\, n. [D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l.
     palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See {Palace}, and
     {Landgrave}.] (Ger. Hist.)
     A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had
     the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palsgrave
       n : (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised
           sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palatine}]