| palatine | (n) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands, Syn. palsgrave |
| Palsgrave | 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 ] |