landdrostn.

/ˈlanddrəʊst/

Forms: Also irregular landroost, landrost.

Etymology: South African Dutch; < land land n.¹ + drost (see drossard n.).

A kind of magistrate in South Africa. (Under British administration, the office was abolished.)

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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in South Africa

landdrost1731

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 10 He gave this Land-Drost the powers of a Fiscal..to seize and prosecute all criminals, vagabonds, and disorderly persons.

1801 J. Barrow Acc. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 i. 12 A civil magistrate called a Landrost, who, with his Hemraaden, or a council of country burghers, is vested with powers to regulate the police of his district, [etc.].

1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 25 May 7/3 President Kruger appointed as landroost an Austrian gentleman.

1895 C. S. Horne Story of L.M.S. 64 The local magistrate, or landdrost.

1947 L. Hastings Dragons are Extra ii. 35 Any old leader or landrost of the Free State or Transvaal had just Botha's sort of serenity.

1952 E. H. Burrows Overberg Outspan i. 16 Outwardly the old Dutch form persisted until 1827 when the Collegies were abolished, and the landdrosts replaced by Resident Magistrates and Civil Commissioners.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	landdrost
释义	landdrostn. /ˈlanddrəʊst/ Forms: Also irregular landroost, landrost. Etymology: South African Dutch; < land land n.¹ + drost (see drossard n.). A kind of magistrate in South Africa. (Under British administration, the office was abolished.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in South Africa landdrost1731 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 10 He gave this Land-Drost the powers of a Fiscal..to seize and prosecute all criminals, vagabonds, and disorderly persons. 1801 J. Barrow Acc. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 i. 12 A civil magistrate called a Landrost, who, with his Hemraaden, or a council of country burghers, is vested with powers to regulate the police of his district, [etc.]. 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 25 May 7/3 President Kruger appointed as landroost an Austrian gentleman. 1895 C. S. Horne Story of L.M.S. 64 The local magistrate, or landdrost. 1947 L. Hastings Dragons are Extra ii. 35 Any old leader or landrost of the Free State or Transvaal had just Botha's sort of serenity. 1952 E. H. Burrows Overberg Outspan i. 16 Outwardly the old Dutch form persisted until 1827 when the Collegies were abolished, and the landdrosts replaced by Resident Magistrates and Civil Commissioners. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1731
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