stadtholder

Variant of stadholder

stadholder definition

stad·holder (stad′hōl′dər)

noun

  1. the governor or viceroy of a province of the Netherlands
  2. the chief magistrate of the 16th-17th cent. Netherlands republic

Etymology: < Du stadhouder < stad, a place (akin to stead) + houder, holder < houden, to hold

Also stadtholder stadt′·hold′er (stat′-)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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