landgrave

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landgrave^¹

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From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”), from *grafa (“military rank”), from Latin graphio. More at graft.

noun landgraves · landgraf

historical One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).

Landgrave^²

proper noun

A surname.

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noun renderings of Landgraf

Español	landgrave
Português	landegrave
Français	landgrave
Deutsch	Landgraf
Italiano	langravio
Ελληνικά	λανδγράβος landgrávos, λανδίγραβος landígravos
Русский	ландгра́ф landgráf

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@misc{landgrave_2026,
  title = {landgrave},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/landgrave},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}