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Graf

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.; A surname from German. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname.; A surname from Dutch. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A city in Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A German or Austrian count (nobleman). historical, uncommon

    "Without ceremony, the Graf, on his entering the drawing-room, seated himself at the piano-forte, and proposed affording his new friends "a leetle example" how music was performed in Hungary."

  2. 2
    A paragraph. slang

    "Brooks lays out the crux of his case his case in his first three grafs of his article:"

  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of graff (“graffiti”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "For example, a current trend in graf is to simulate a three-dimensional effect (see Figure 1.2). No one graf artist is associated with having developed this method."

Etymology

Etymology 1

* As a German and Jewish surname, from graf (“count”). * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Graef.

Etymology 2

From German Graf (“count”). Doublet of graaf and grave.

Etymology 3

Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph.

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