Definitions for stadholder

stadholder stad·hold·er

Spelling: [stad-hohl-der]
IPA: /ˈstædˌhoʊl dər/

Stadholder is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 931 anagrams from letters in stadholder (addehlorst).

Definitions for stadholder

noun

  1. the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  2. (formerly, in the Netherlands) the viceroy or governor of a province.

Origin of stadholder

1585-95; partial translation of Dutch stadhouder, equivalent to stad place + houder holder; translation of Medieval Latin locum tenēns

Examples for stadholder

She besought an interview of the stadholder, but it was refused.

It was they, and not the stadholder, who The “Patriot” Party.

Plainly there was no room in the Commonwealth for the Advocate and the stadholder.

Amsterdam surrendered on October 10, and the stadholder was restored.

That the stadholder was completely in their power was certain.

Wherefore, in their articles of capitulation, they did not mention the stadholder.

Measures were proposed by the stadholder, who represented the sovereign.

The war was to continue until the stadholder should have been eliminated.

I should like to tear the stadholder to pieces with my own hands!

But the stadholder refused to let him go, fearing his influence in other places.

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