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Bundes·rat or Bundesrath Bun′des·rath′ (bo̵on′dəs rät′)

noun

  1. a legislative chamber in Germany or Austria that is a federal council acting primarily in an advisory capacity
  2. a cabinet-like federal council in Switzerland

Etymology: Ger < gen. of bund, bund + rat, rath, council

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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