Associations to the word «Landgrave»
Noun
Wiktionary
LANDGRAVE, noun. (rare) specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
LANDGRAVE, noun. County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Dictionary definition
LANDGRAVE, noun. A count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.