stadtholder
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- stadtholderate noun
- stadtholdership noun
Example Sentences
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The close alliance of Spain with the Empire, and of Holland with the Palatines, connected this war with the religious wars of Germany; young Rupert was full of eagerness to share in it, and the Stadtholder, with whom the boy was a special favourite, begged Elizabeth's leave to take him and his elder brother on the campaign of 1633.
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Rupert submitted reluctantly, but the remonstrances of the Stadtholder, ere long, procured his return to the army.
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He was therefore allowed to return to active service, and on the next campaign he served in the Stadtholder's Life Guards.
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The dilatory methods and cautious policy of the Stadtholder fretted him; "an active Prince, like ours, was always for charging the enemy."
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Eventually Rupert returned from his second campaign, covered with glory, and not a little spoilt by the petting of the Stadtholder, and of his companions in arms.
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