stadtholder

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English

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Etymology

Adapted from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”) (obsolete spelling: stadthouder), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstadˌhəʊldə/, /ˈstatˌhəʊldə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstætˌhoʊldɚ/, /ˈstædˌhoʊldɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: stadt‧hold‧er

Noun

stadtholder (plural stadtholders)

  1. (historical) The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief of state of the Dutch Republic.
    • 2001 [1999], Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, page 150:
      For decades, no stadtholder who would counterbalance the power of the Amsterdam regents had been appointed.
  2. (historical) An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general.

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