English-Thai Dictionary
stadtholder
N ผู้ว่าการ จังหวัด stadholder
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STADTHOLDER
n.Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; or the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.
STADTHOLDERATE
n.The office of a stadtholder.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STADTHOLDER
Stadt "hold `er, n. Etym: [D. stadhouder; stad a city, a town + houder a holder. ]
Defn: Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.
STADTHOLDERATE; STADTHOLDERSHIP
STADTHOLDERATE; STADTHOLDERSHIP Stadt "hold `er *ate, Stadt "hold `er *ship, n.
Defn: The office or position of a stadtholder.
New American Oxford Dictionary
stadtholder
stadt hold er |ˈstatˌhōldər ˈstædhoʊldər |(also stadholder ) ▶noun (from the 15th century to the late 18th century ) the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. DERIVATIVES stadt hold er ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Dutch stadhouder ‘deputy, ’ from stad ‘place ’ + houder ‘holder, ’ translating medieval Latin locum tenens.
Oxford Dictionary
stadtholder
stadtholder |ˈstadˌhəʊldə, ˈstat- |(also stadholder ) ▶noun (from the 15th century to the late 18th century ) the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. DERIVATIVES stadtholdership noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Dutch stadhouder ‘deputy ’, from stad ‘place ’ + houder ‘holder ’, translating medieval Latin locum tenens.
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