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stadtholderate

stadtholderate noun: the office or position of a stadtholder.

Noun

stadtholderate (plural stadtholderates)

  1. (historical) The office or position of a stadtholder.
    • 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.2005 [1938], C. V. Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, NYRB, page 194
    Synonyms:
    stadtholdership
  2. (historical) A state ruled by a stadtholder.

Synonyms of stadtholderate

Forms of stadtholderate

pluralstadtholderates
alternative formstadholderate

Origin of stadtholderate

From stadtholder + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a state ruled by people of such office).

Questions about stadtholderate

What does stadtholderate mean?
Stadtholderate means the office or position of a stadtholder.
What part of speech is stadtholderate?
Stadtholderate is a noun.
What is the plural of stadtholderate?
The plural of stadtholderate is stadtholderates.

Words near stadtholderate in the dictionary

  1. Stadnyk
  2. Stadnyks
  3. Stadomir
  4. Stadskanaal
  5. stadtholder
  6. stadtholderate
  7. stadtholderates
  8. stadtholderess
  9. stadtholderesses
  10. stadtholderian
  11. stadtholders

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