noun a palatine bone.
2. palatine ·noun the palatine hill in rome.
3. palatine ·adj of or pertaining to the palate.
4. palatine ·adj of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
5. palatine ·noun one invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. ·see count palatine, under 4th count.