英语词汇“landdrost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

landdrost

释义

‖ landdrost|ˈlænddrəʊst|
Also erron. landro(o)st.
[S. African Du.; f. land land n.¹ + drost (see drossard).]
A kind of magistrate in South Africa. (Under British administration, the office was abolished.)
1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 10 He gave this Land-Drost the powers of a Fiscal..to seize and prosecute all criminals, vagabonds, and disorderly persons.1801, etc. [see Heemrad].1888Times (weekly ed.) 25 May 7/3 President Kruger appointed as landroost an Austrian gentleman.1895C. S. Horne Story of the L.M.S. 64 The local magistrate, or landdrost.1947L. Hastings Dragons are Extra ii. 35 Any old leader or landrost of the Free State or Transvaal had just Botha's sort of serenity.1952E. 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.

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