stadtholder

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstadˌhəʊldə/|/ˈstatˌhəʊldə/    美 /ˈstætˌhoʊldɚ/|/ˈstædˌhoʊldɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The chief provincial magistrate, military commander, and, as a member of the House of Orange, highest-ranking noble in the Dutch Republic, who often served as a de facto head of state alongside the States General; the position became hereditary in 1747 historical
    — In keeping with the decentralization principe, each province had, in any case, to appoint its own Stadholder, who might not necessarily be the same prince of Orange, or stem from the dynastic trunk. (…) Sovereignty, it was affirmed, lay with the States General, whose bidding the Stadholder was to do as once he had done the king’s.
  2. An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general. historical

词形变化

stadtholders plural stadholder alternative stadhouder alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
antistadtholder antistadtholderian stadtholderate stadtholderess stadtholderian stadtholdership

词源

Partial calque of Dutch (superseded) stadthouder, equivalent to Middle Dutch stat (“place”) + holder; itself calqued from Medieval Latin locum tenēns. Doublet of locum tenens and lieutenant.
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