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Landdrost

British

/ ˈlændrɒst /

noun

history the chief magistrate of a district

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Etymology

Origin of Landdrost

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

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Landdrost

As he was still speaking to me, Landdrost Bosman from Bothaville, came to pay me a visit.

From Three Years' War by Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

I have one particular Landdrost in my mind as I write.

From The Boer in Peace and War by Arthur M. Mann

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

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

Every town has its Landdrost, and every town has its Landdrost's clerk.

From The Boer in Peace and War by Arthur M. Mann

Messrs. Tom Barry and George Ward were entrusted by the Landdrost with the survey.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

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