单词 | rhinegravine |
释义 | † Rhinegravinen. Obsolete (historical in later use). A German countess whose title is associated with the Rheingau, the area lying north of a bend in the Rhine to the east of Wiesbaden. See Rhinegrave n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > countess > foreign > whose domain borders on the Rhine Rhinegravine1622 Rhinegravess1762 1622 D. Carleton Let. 30 Apr. in D. Carleton to J. Chamberlain 1603–24 (1972) (modernized text) iii. 294 A Rhingravine [v.r. Rheingravine] with her sister Mademoiselle de Solms holding up the train of the bearing cloth. 1714 Mr. Molyneux Let. 7 May in Private Corr. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (1838) II. 92 The Rheingravine introduced St Leger, on Friday last, to the Electress and to the Elector. 1859 A. Strickland Lives Queens Scotl. VIII. 395 The Duchess of Orleans wrote on this expected visit to the Rhinegravine, her half-sister. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 3/3 Her children [were distinguished] as ‘Rhinegraves’ and ‘Rhinegravines’, instead of Palsgraves and Palsgravines respectively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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