stadtholder

English

Etymology

From Dutch stadhouder.

Noun

stadtholder (plural stadtholders)

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

Derived terms

Translations

chief magistrate

Dutch: stadhouder (nl) m
French: stathouder (fr) m

Georgian: შტატჰალტერი (šṭaṭhalṭeri), სტატჰაუდერი (sṭaṭhauderi), სტადჰაუდერი (sṭadhauderi), ადგილნაცვალი (adgilnacvali)

governor-general

Georgian: გუბერნატორი (ka) (gubernaṭori), რეგიონის გამგებელი (regionis gamgebeli)

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German: ^{(please verify)} Statthalter

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estatúder m

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