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Stadtholderate

STADTHOLDERATE

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Noun.
The office of a stadtholder.

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stadtholderate

stadtholderate

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Noun

stadtholderate (plural stadtholderates)

  1. The office or position of a stadtholder.
    • 1938, CV Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, NYRB 2005, p. 194:
      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.
  2. A state ruled by a stadtholder.