stathouder
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns. Compare lieutenant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stathouder m (plural stathouders)
- (historical) stadtholder (chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “stathouder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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