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PALSGRAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palsgrave mean?
• PALSGRAVE (noun)
The noun PALSGRAVE has 1 sense:
1. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
Familiarity information: PALSGRAVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
palatine; palsgrave
Hypernyms ("palsgrave" is a kind of...):
Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)
Domain category:
Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)
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