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Graf

1 American  
[graf, grahf] / græf, grɑf /

noun

  1. Stephanie Maria Steffi, born 1969, German tennis player.

Graf 2 American  
[grahf] / grɑf /

noun

German.

plural

Grafen

  1. a count: a title of nobility in Germany, Austria, and Sweden, equivalent in rank to an English earl.

Graf 1 British  
/ ɡræf /

noun

  1. Steffi. born 1969, German tennis player: won 22 Grand Slam singles titles (1987–99), including seven at Wimbledon; won (1988) a unique 'golden slam' of each Grand Slam singles title and a gold medal in the women's singles at the Olympics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Graf 2 British  
/ ɡraːf /

noun

  1. a German count: often used as a title

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Etymology

Origin of Graf

German, from Old High German grāvo

Example Sentences

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It left Ceplak and Austrian Stephanie Graf, who set her best time in finishing runner-up to Ceplak's world record run in Vienna, as the only athletes ahead of Hodgkinson on the all-time list.

From BBC

In Germany, nobody gets citizenship without proving basic proficiency in the language of Nietzsche, Goethe and Steffi Graf.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Germany is in a sense returning to old form,” said Graf, the sociologist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Graf interviewed on a Sunday, and started work the following day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Action in the Stefanie Graf Group has come down to the wire with three of the four players all in with a chance of moving on to Friday's semi-finals.

From Barron's

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