stadtholder
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adapted from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”) (obsolete spelling: stadthouder), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstadˌhəʊldə/, /ˈstatˌhəʊldə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈstætˌhoʊldɚ/, /ˈstædˌhoʊldɚ/
- Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: stadt‧hold‧er
Noun edit
stadtholder (plural stadtholders)
- (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.
- (historical) An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic
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governor-general in Sweden or Denmark
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References edit
- “stadtholder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “stadtholder”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.