statolder

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns. Compare luogotenente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈtɔl.der/
• Rhymes: -ɔlder
• Hyphenation: sta‧tòl‧der

Noun

statolder m (invariable)

1. (historical) stadtholder (chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic)

Derived terms

• statolderato

Further reading

• statolder in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• statolder in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Nicola Zingarelli (2018) Mario Cannella, Beata Lazzarini, editors, lo Zingarelli 2018 – Vocabolario della lingua italiana (in Italian), 12th edition, Zanichelli, →ISBN, page 2289