1) Lord 2) Noble 3) Nobleman 4) Palatine 
• (n.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.
Pals'grave` noun [ Dutch paltsgraaf ; palts palace (l. palatium ) + graaf count; confer German pfalzgraf . See Palace , and Landgrave .] (Ger. Hist.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal ho...