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Landtrost   Listen
noun
Landtrost, Landdrost  n.  (In South Africa)
(a)
A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by "resident magistrates."
(b)
The president of the Heemraad.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Landtrost" Quotes from Famous Books



... village had been occupied about half a dozen times by the enemy and each time looted, plundered, and evacuated, and was now again in our possession. At least, the English had left it the day before, and a Landdrost had placed himself in charge; a little Hollander with a pointed nose and small, glittering eyes, who between each sentence that he spoke rolled round those little eyes of his, carefully scanning the neighbouring hills for any sign ...
— My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War • Ben Viljoen



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