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Dutch vs Stadtholder - What's the difference?

dutch | stadtholder |

As nouns the difference between dutch and stadtholder

is that dutch is (slang) wife while stadtholder is the chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief-of-state of the dutch republic.

dutch

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Adjective

(-)
  • (obsolete) German.
  • (archaic) Pertaining to the Dutch, the Germans, and the Goths; Germanic, Teutonic.
  • Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
  • .
  • In a shared manner; of a shared expense.
    • Usage notes
    Dutch'' should not be used in diplomatic circles (i. e. to describe embassies, ambassadors, consulates and consuls of the Netherlands). The correct term is ''Netherlands .

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Dutch) (en proper noun)
  • The main language of the Netherlands and Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium).
  • (obsolete) German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
  • (collective) The people of the Netherlands.
    • the Dutch will vote on the matter next month

    Related terms

    (terms related to "Dutch") * double Dutch * Dutch act * Dutch angle * Dutch auction * Dutch-bottomed * Dutch cap * Dutch cheese * Dutch cleanser * Dutch clover * Dutch comfort * Dutch concert * Dutch corner * Dutch courage * Dutch crossing * Dutch door * Dutchie, Dutchy * Dutch elm disease * Dutch gold * Dutch hand * Dutch hoe * Dutchland * Dutch Low Saxon * Dutch metal * Dutch oven * Dutch pink * Dutch reckoning * Dutch tilt * Dutch treat * Dutch uncle * go Dutch * in Dutch * Pennsylvania Dutch * Deutsch * Teuton

    See also

    * (nl) * Language list

    External links

    * Dutch - English Dictionary]: from [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200902/http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. *

    stadtholder

    English

    (wikipedia stadtholder)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief-of-state of the Dutch Republic.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 150:
  • *:For decades, no stadtholder who would counterbalance the power of the Amsterdam regents had been appointed.
  • An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials best translated as Governor-general.

    • Derived terms

    *stadtholderate *stadtholderess *stadtholderian *stadtholdership