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Meanings of palsgrave in English

(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

        Usage of palsgrave in English
        1
        Tells about Father Palsgrave, who tutored members of King Henry VIII's family.
        The new yorker
        2
        On the 6th the Palsgrave arrived in Coetch roads.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        3
        The Palsgrave of Geisenheim was a dwarf in spectacles.
        Vivian Grey
        4
        The Hector of Germanie, or the Palsgrave Prime Elector.
        The Journal of Sir Walter Scott / From the Original Manuscript a...
        5
        The old Palsgrave has, in the meanwhile, sent a knight and two servants to capture the Lorelei.
        Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei / From "Modern Philolo...
        6
        The count was a younger brother of the Palsgrave of Birkenfeld, and maintained a sumptuous establishment in Klosterheim.
        Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 2
        7
        Welcome from us, and welcome from all; and first from us, and now from the Palsgrave of Geisenheim!
        Vivian Grey
        8
        Next morning they weighed anchor and joined us, when we found them to be the Palsgrave, Elizabeth, and Hope.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        9
        In 1612, the Prince Royal was appointed to convey the Princess Elizabeth and her husband, The Palsgrave, to the Continent.
        Men of Invention and Industry
        10
        Old Palsgrave, in his "Eclaircissement de la Langue Francaise," gives "dradge" as spice, rendering it by the French word dragde.
        Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 41: January/February 1665-66
        11
        Palsgrave (Lesclarcissement, etc., p. 717) defines I SHEDE, I departe thinges asonder; and the word still means TO DIVIDE in several English local dialects.
        The Earth as Modified by Human Action
        12
        'Syr, I remember Mr. Palsgrave gave youe one of his books, which if it please you to geve me I wer muche bounde to youe.'
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