Definitions
1.nounA feudal lord (a count palatine or Pfalzgraf) or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
2.nounA palace official, especially in an imperial palace; the chief minister.
3.nounA county palatine, a palatinate.
4.nounA resident of a palatinate.
5.noun(in plural) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace; praetorians.
6.nounA type of shoulder cape for women.
7.adjective(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a territory in England (and, later, other countries) whose lord had specific royal privileges, or designating a modern administrative area corresponding to such a territory.
8.adjective(chiefly as postmodifier) Designating a ruler or feudal lord with direct powers held from the sovereign.
9.adjectivePertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people.
10.adjectivePertaining to a palace, particularly for the Eastern and Western Roman emperors; palatial.