Landdrost

British  

/ ˈlændrɒst /

noun

1. history the chief magistrate of a district

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Etymology

Origin of Landdrost

C18: Afrikaans, from Dutch land country + drost sheriff, bailiff

Example Sentences

For each electoral district there is a magistrate or Landdrost whose duties are similar to those of a Civil Commissioner.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Haggard, Henry Rider

Landdrost Stofberg: It means therefore that the language medium will be English, but that Dutch will also be allowed.

From The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 by Velden, D. E. van

First, there was the Landdrosts' Court, from which an appeal lay to a court consisting of the Landdrost and six councillors elected by the public.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Haggard, Henry Rider

Mare, then member of the Volksraad for Utrecht, now Landdrost of Boksburg, shares in the defendant Company to the value of �500.

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

I went to the Landdrost who had the dispensing of permits.

From A Woman's Part in a Revolution by Hammond, Natalie Harris