Obergespan
German
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Etymology
ober- (“over”) + Gespan (“Hungarian count”, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hungarian ispán), a calque of Hungarian főispán.
Pronunciation
Noun
Obergespan m (genitive Obergespanes or Obergespans, plural Obergespane)
- (Medieval Hungary) a Hungarian Lord-Lieutenant of counties, the Hungarian count in charge of every viscount (Vizegespan) in a county
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References
- Schubert, Friedrich Wilhelm. Handbuch der allgemeinen Staatskunde von Europa. Vol. 1. bei den Gebrüdern Bornträger, 1846, 411.