stathouder
French
Alternative forms
- stadhouder
Etymology
From Dutch stadhouder (literally “city holder”), calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns. Compare lieutenant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta.tu.dɛʁ/
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Noun
stathouder m (plural stathouders)
- (historical) stadtholder (chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic)
Derived terms
- stathoudérat
- stathoudérien
Further reading
- “stathouder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.