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Meaning of LANDDROST

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Land"drost`\, n.; pl. {-drosten} . Sometimes
incorrectly Landtrost \Landtrost\ [D., fr. land land + drost
a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] In Cape Colony:
(a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in
    1827 by ``resident magistrates.''
(b) The president of the Heemraad.
 
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