stadtholder

English

Alternative forms

• stadholder

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.

Derived terms

• stadtholderate
• stadtholderess
• stadtholderian
• stadtholdership

 

Translations

chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic

• Danish: statholder c
• Dutch: stadhouder (nl) m
• Finnish: käskynhaltija (fi)
• French: stathouder (fr) m, stadhouder (fr) m
• Georgian: შტატჰალტერი (šṭaṭhalṭeri), სტატჰაუდერი (sṭaṭhauderi), სტადჰაუდერი (sṭadhauderi), ადგილნაცვალი (adgilnacvali)
• German: Statthalter (de) m
• Italian: statolder (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 스타트허우더 (seutateuheoudeo)
• Russian: статха́удер (ru) m (statxáuder)
• Spanish: estatúder (es) m
• Swedish: ståthållare (sv)

governor-general in Sweden or Denmark

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: käskynhaltija (fi)
• Georgian: გუბერნატორი (ka) (gubernaṭori), რეგიონის გამგებელი (regionis gamgebeli)
• Swedish: ståthållare (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 総督 (ja) (そうとく, sōtoku)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} штатга́льтер (ru) m (štatgálʹter), ^{(please verify)} штатга́лтер (ru) m (štatgálter)

References

• “stadtholder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “stadtholder”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.