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Finnish
Etymology
From Old Swedish drotseti. Compare German Truchsess.
Pronunciation
Noun
drotsi
- (historical) a high official in Nordic countries whose main responsibility was monitoring of the judiciary
2012, Jouko Vahtola, Suomen historia. Jääkaudesta Euroopan unioniin, page 43:Jo kauan kuninkaan rinnalla vaikuttaneista mahtiylimyksistä kiinteytyi omaksi instituutioksi valtioneuvosto. Sen vakiojäseniä olivat kansleri, drotsi ja marski.- Powerful nobles that had already for a long time influenced by the side of the king coalesced into a separate institution, cabinet. Its permanent members were the chancellor, "drotsi" and the marshall.
Declension
References
- 1994, Annukka Aukio (ed.), Rauni Vornanen (ed.), Uusi sivistyssanakirja, Otava, Keuruu, 14th ed.
- 2012, Jouko Vahtola, Suomen historia. Jääkaudesta Euroopan unioniin, Otava, Keuruu, 5th ed.