Palsgrave \Pals"grave`\, n. [D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l. palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See {Palace}, and {Landgrave}.] (Ger. Hist.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
palsgrave n : (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands [syn: {palatine}]