or Bun′des·rath·
- a legislative chamber in Germany or Austria that is a federal council acting primarily in an advisory capacity
- a cabinet-like federal council in Switzerland
Origin of Bundesrat
German from genitive of bund, bund + rat, rath, councilBundesrat
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Sentence Examples
- Schaumburg-Lippe sends one member to the Bundesrat (federal council) and one deputy to the reichstag.
- Alsace-Lorraine is represented in the Bundesrat by two commissioners, who have, however, but one voice; and the territory returns 15 members to the Reichstag.
- Saxe-Meiningen has one vote in the German federal council (Bundesrat) and sends two members to the Reichstag.
- As a state of the empire, Hamburg is represented in the federal council (Bundesrat) by one plenipotentiary, and in the imperial diet (Reichstag) by three deputies.
- As a member of the German empire, the state of Bremen has one voice in the Bundesrat and returns one member to the Imperial diet (Reichstag).
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