释义 |
stadˈholderate Also stadt-. [+ -ate1.] 1. The office or dignity of stadholder.
1786Ann. Reg., St. Papers 67/1 The Stadtholderate became extinct by the death of William III of England. 1825Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 75 He would take no part in the quarrel, unless an entire abolition of the Stadtholderate should be attempted. 1880Green Hist. Eng. People IV. ix. iii. 300 The restoration of the Dutch Statholderate. 2. A state ruled by a stadholder, or by a chief with the status and powers of a stadholder.
1889Academy 20 July 32/1 Making the revolted colonies into a stadtholderate under the Count of Broglie. |