Volksraad

British  

/ ˈfɒlksˌrɑːt /

noun

1. the legislative assembly of the Boer republics in South Africa during the latter half of the 19th century

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Etymology

Origin of Volksraad

Afrikaans volk people + raad council

Example Sentences

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Volksraad

In Batavia sits the Volksraad, a legislative assembly composed half of natives and subjects of foreign origin and half of Hollanders.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Franchise Bill was before the Volksraad this complicated scheme, as we have seen, was amended and re-amended; and each new provision was as intricate in its working as the parent scheme.

From Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

In order that further possible citizens might not be attracted to the Transvaal, the Volksraad passed a law calculated to damp their ardour.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke

It was the votes of Vrededorp, the poor Dutch quarter, that decided the representation of Johannesburg in the Volksraad.

From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry

Subsequently he settled in the Vryheid district, which he represented in the Volksraad of 1897.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various