Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for stadholder. Search instead for stadholdership.

stadholder

American  
[stad-hohl-der] / ˈstædˌhoʊl dər /

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.

stadholder British  
/ ˈstædˌhəʊldə /

noun

  1. the chief magistrate of the former Dutch republic or of any of its provinces (from about 1580 to 1802)

  2. a viceroy or governor of a province

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • stadholderate noun
  • stadholdership noun

Etymology

Origin of stadholder

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

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.