palsgrave Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Pals"grave` noun
Etymology
D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l. palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See Palace, and Landgrave.
Definitions
  1. (Ger. Hist.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.

Webster 1913