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Stadtholder

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Stadt´hold`er    (stăt´hōld`ẽr)
n.1.Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.


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We have mentioned him before as the person by whom the people expected to see the office of Stadtholder restored.
I had the protection, -- pardon my hesitation, count, but, for a Stuart, you, who understand everything, you will comprehend that the word is hard to pronounce; -- I had, I say, the protection of my cousin the stadtholder of Holland; but without the intervention, or at least without the authorization of France, the stadtholder would not take the initiative.
, and then some son-in-law or relation, some Prince of Orange, a stadtholder who becomes a king.
 
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