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Webster 1913 Edition

(stăt′hōldˊẽr)

Noun.

[D.

stadhouder

;

stad

a city, a town +

houder

a holder.]

Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

Noun.

Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; or the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.