# landgrave

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/landgrave