Landgravine Definition

lăndgrə-vēn
noun
A woman holding the title to a landgraviate.
American Heritage
The wife or widow of a landgrave.
American Heritage
Used as the title for such a noblewoman.
American Heritage

A woman who exercises the office, or holds the rank, of langrave in her own right.

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Other Word Forms of Landgravine

Noun

Singular:
landgravine
Plural:
landgravines

Origin of Landgravine

  • From Middle Low German landgravin feminine of landgrave landgrave landgrave

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Landgravine Sentence Examples

  • The Landgravine Amalie Elizabeth introduced the rule of primogeniture.

  • To the right of the entrance to the palace gardens is the tomb of the "great landgravine," Caroline Henrietta, wife of the landgrave Louis IX., surmounted by a marble urn, the gift of Frederick the Great of Prussia, bearing the inscription femina sexu, ingenio vir.

  • In the 13th century Elizabeth of Hungary, the pious landgravine of Thuringia, assisted in the foundation of many convents in the north of Germany.

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

landgravine

Words Starting With L and Ending With E

Starts With L & Ends With EStarts With LA & Ends With EStarts With L & Ends With NE

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With L11 Letter Words Ending With E