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.
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