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landdros

landdros is the alternative form of landdrost.

Meaning of landdrost

Noun

landdrost (plural landdrosts)

  1. (historical) A type of magistrate in South Africa, abolished under the British in 1827.
    • Remember the words of the young Bibault in the revolt against Van der Stel in 1706: ‘I shall not go. I am an Afrikaner and even if the landdrost kills me or puts me in jail I refuse to hold my tongue.’1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 160

Forms of landdros

plurallanddroste
plurallanddroses

Origin of landdros

Borrowed from Afrikaans landdros.

Questions about landdros

What is landdros the alternative form of?
Landdros is the alternative form of landdrost.

Words near landdros in the dictionary

  1. landchads
  2. landcover
  3. landcovers
  4. landcrete
  5. Landcross
  6. landdros
  7. landdroses
  8. landdrost
  9. landdroste
  10. landdrosts
  11. lande

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