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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various noblemen originally exercising certain royal powers within their own domains, especially a count of the Holy Roman Empire having sovereign powers in his own territories.
- noun A feudal lord having sovereign powers over his lands.
- noun The titled proprietor of a county palatine in England or Ireland.
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- noun a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
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