stadtholderate en · NOUN
Etymology
From stadtholder + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a state ruled by people of such office).
Meanings
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(historical) The office or position of a stadtholder.
On his deathbed he sent for his younger half-brother, Frederic Henry, the prince who would undoubtedly succeed him in the stadholderate of five provinces and the command of the army.
2005 [1938], C. V. Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, NYRB, page 194:
- (historical) A state ruled by a stadtholder.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stadholderate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stadtholderates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |