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Landtrost — Landdrost Land drost , n.; pl. { drosten} . Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost Landtrost [D., fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] (In South Africa) (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-drosten — Landdrost Land drost , n.; pl. { drosten} . Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost Landtrost [D., fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] (In South Africa) (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Landdrost — Land drost , n.; pl. { drosten} . Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost Landtrost [D., fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] (In South Africa) (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by resident… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
