Landrost

British  

/ ˈlændrɒst /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Landdrost

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Example Sentences

There shall be an Executive Council, consisting of the Landrost of the capital, the Secretary of the Government, and three unofficial members, chosen by the Volksraad, to assist the President with advice and assistance.

From Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa by Hicks, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles)

The totals were ninety-one prisoners of the Bethel and Standerton commandos, including the Landrost of Bethel, twenty wagons, thirty Cape carts, 2,000 head of cattle, and 5,000 sheep, many rifles, ammunition, etc.

From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Moulin, Louis Eug?ne du

The manager told me the Landrost had now forbidden any of the residents to leave the town, and that he did not think I could get a pass.

From South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time by Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, Lady

Previously to this, every district had been governed by a magistrate, or Landrost.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Ward, Harriet

Article 52.—The maintenance of order among the persons present, as mentioned in Article 42, must be entrusted to the Field-Cornet appointed to that purpose by the Landrost of the district where the session is held.

From Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa by Hicks, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles)