stadtholder

English

Alternative forms

stadholder

Etymology

Adapted from Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”) (obsolete spelling: stadthouder), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstadˌhəʊldə/, /ˈstatˌhəʊldə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈstætˌhoʊldɚ/, /ˈstædˌhoʊldɚ/
Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: stadt‧hold‧er

Noun

stadtholder (plural stadtholders)

(historical) The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief of state of the Dutch Republic.
- 2001 [1999], Geert Mak, Philipp Blom, transl., Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, page 150:
  For decades, no stadtholder who would counterbalance the power of the Amsterdam regents had been appointed.
(historical) An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general.

Derived terms

stadtholderate
stadtholderess
stadtholderian
stadtholdership

Translations

chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic

Danish: statholder c
Dutch: stadhouder (nl) m
Finnish: käskynhaltija (fi)
French: stathouder (fr) m, stadhouder (fr) m
Georgian: შტატჰალტერი (šṭaṭhalṭeri), სტატჰაუდერი (sṭaṭhauderi), სტადჰაუდერი (sṭadhauderi), ადგილნაცვალი (adgilnacvali)
German: Statthalter (de) m
Italian: statolder (it) m
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 스타트허우더 (seutateuheoudeo)
Russian: статха́удер (ru) m (statxáuder)
Spanish: estatúder (es) m
Swedish: ståthållare (sv)

governor-general in Sweden or Denmark

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: käskynhaltija (fi)
Georgian: გუბერნატორი (ka) (gubernaṭori), რეგიონის გამგებელი (regionis gamgebeli)
Swedish: ståthållare (sv) c

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Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 総督 (ja) (そうとく, sōtoku)
Russian: ^{(please verify)} штатга́льтер (ru) m (štatgálʹter), ^{(please verify)} штатга́лтер (ru) m (štatgálter)

References

“stadtholder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“stadtholder”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary