Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. Erroneous spellings of stadholder, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief-of-state of the Dutch Republic (mod. Dutch stadhouder).
  • noun An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials best translated as Governor-general.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word stadtholder.

Examples

  • Not long afterwards, when the King of Ternate seemed to affect our nation, the Dutch threatened to forsake him, and to join with his deadly enemy the King of Tidor, if he suffered the English to have a factory, or allowed them any trade; affirming that the English were thieves and robbers, and that the _King of Holland_, as they called their stadtholder, was stronger at sea than all the other powers of

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

  • But though the cap is now exchanged for a crown, and the stadtholder is a monarch, the policy seems to flourish on the old footing of their close-handed fathers.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

  • "stadtholder," and even the war against the monarch had been carried on in his name.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • "stadtholder," and even the war against the monarch had been carried on in his name.

    The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

  • "stadtholder," and even the war against the monarch had been carried on in his name.

    The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmine and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers.

    Washington Irving 2004

  • “The duration of our president,” he told Roger Sherman, “. . . is only for four years; but his power during those four years is much greater than that of an avoyer, a consul, a podesta, a doge, a stadtholder; nay, than a king of Poland; nay, than a king of Sparta.”

    America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002

  • In part because of this service, in 1555 William was made stadtholder the equivalent of governor and commander in chief of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • In part because of this service, in 1555 William was made stadtholder the equivalent of governor and commander in chief of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • In part because of this service, in 1555 William was made stadtholder the equivalent of governor and commander in chief of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.