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Definition of Palsgrave
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.
Generic synonyms: Lord, Noble, Nobleman
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Derivative terms: Palatine
Definition of Palsgrave
1. n. A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
Definition of Palsgrave
1. Noun. a count of the Holy Roman Empire having imperial powers in his own domain: a count palatine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palsgrave
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palsgrave
Literary usage of Palsgrave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1892)
"palsgrave was born about the year 1480, educated in London, Cambridge, ...
t John palsgrave remained attached to the Princess Mary's service in France, ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"The customary title given to prince Maurice of Nassau in England ; grave being
a German title of nobility, as landgrave, margrave, palsgrave, &c. ..."
3. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Francis James Child, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Alexander Barclay, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Johan Winkler (1869)
"T, usually (t), but when final often (th) as (anrath) amat, according to Salesbury,
see D. palsgrave also finds it necessary to say, in reference to the ..."
4. The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England During Tudor by Kathleen Rebillon Lambley (1920)
"palsgrave is the only one of these early French tutors who is well known to-day
as a writer on the French tongue. He was a Londoner, and received his ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"15 ; so also palsgrave gives wont as a verb, ... (E.) Spelt wo in palsgrave ;
but Spenser retains the old spelling wowe, FQ vi. 11. 4. ME wojen. ..."
6. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"He seems to be patriotically anxious to prove that palsgrave was not the first (as
asserted by Baker) who reduced the French language to grammatical rules. ..."
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