Landdrost
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Landdrost
C18: Afrikaans, from Dutch land country + drost sheriff, bailiff
Example Sentences
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As he was still speaking to me, Landdrost Bosman from Bothaville, came to pay me a visit.
From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf
The Landdrost, or chief official of the ward, took the chair.
From Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by Thomas, C. H.
I went to the Landdrost who had the dispensing of permits.
From A Woman's Part in a Revolution by Hammond, Natalie Harris
I found the dispensary closed, the proprietor having departed with the English, and the Landdrost, fearing to get himself into trouble, was not inclined to open it.
From My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War by Van Breda, P.
Landdrost Schutte and Captain Shields quarrel over who shall have charge of the jail.
From A Woman's Part in a Revolution by Hammond, Natalie Harris
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