Palatine

From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium.

• Rhymes: -aɪn

Palatine

1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
2. A placename.
   1. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
   2. A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland.
   3. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
3. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.

Palatine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122:

     Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.

Palatine (plural Palatines)

1. (rare, obsolete) A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. [17th c.]

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Palātīne

1. vocative masculine singular of Palātīnus